GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon Vega 8 Embedded
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 210 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 28.96 |
| Architecture | GCN 5.0 (2017−2020) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | Raven | GN20-P0-R 6 GB |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 19 April 2018 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores | 512 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 300 MHz | 1237 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1101 MHz | 1492 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 4,940 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 35.23 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 1.127 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 8 | no data |
| TMUs | 32 | no 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 size | no data | large |
| Interface | IGP | no data |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 12000 MHz |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
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 | No outputs | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12_2 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | no data |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | no data |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 19 April 2018 | 6 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 60 Watt |
Vega 8 Embedded has 71.4% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Radeon Vega 8 Embedded and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon Vega 8 Embedded is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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