GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon HD 7950M

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated257
Place by popularitynot in top-10078
Power efficiencyno data29.06
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameWimbledonGN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date24 April 2012 (13 years ago)6 January 2023 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores12802560
Core clock speed700 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1492 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate56.00no data
Floating-point processing power1.792 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs80no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargelarge
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsno data

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12_2
Shader Model5.1no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL1.2no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 24 April 2012 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile has an age advantage of 10 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

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