GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh vs Radeon R7 260

Primary Details

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

Place in performance ranking	496	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation	1.01	no data
Architecture	GCN 2.0 (2013−2017)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Bonaire	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Design	reference	no data
Release date	17 December 2013 (10 years ago)	6 July 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$109	no data
Current price	$205 (1.9x MSRP)	no data

Cost-Effectiveness Evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed Specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	768	2048
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	2,080 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	48.00	95.49
Floating-point performance	1,536 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on Radeon R7 260 and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Bus support	PCIe 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	170 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1 x 6-pin	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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	104 GB/s	144.0 GB/s

Connectivity and Outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort	No outputs
Eyefinity	1	no data
HDMI	+	no data
DisplayPort support	+	no data

Supported GPU Technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

AppAcceleration	-	no data
Enduro	-	no data
FreeSync	1	no data
HD3D	-	no data
PowerTune	-	no data
TrueAudio	-	no data
ZeroCore	-	no data
DDMA audio	+	no data

API Compatibility

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

DirectX	DirectX® 12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.3	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	no data	1.3
Mantle	-	no data
CUDA	no data	8.6

Pros & Cons Summary

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Recency	17 December 2013	6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	75 Watt

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