GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)

Place in the ranking	756	181
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.69	16.51
Architecture	Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Ice Lake G1 Gen. 11	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	28 May 2019 (5 years ago)	4 January 2022 (3 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 cores	32	2560
Core clock speed	300 MHz	1515 MHz
Boost clock speed	1100 MHz	1755 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-25 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	140.4
Floating-point processing power	no data	8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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).

Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 8-pin

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	DDR4	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	no data	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 GB/s
Shared memory	+	-

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 data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Quick Sync

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	13 −823%	120−130 +823%
4K	9 −844%	85−90 +844%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −844%	85−90 +844%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −829%	65−70 +829%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −838%	75−80 +838%
Counter-Strike 2	3 −800%	27−30 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −829%	65−70 +829%
Forza Horizon 4	12 −817%	110−120 +817%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Metro Exodus	8 −838%	75−80 +838%
Red Dead Redemption 2	6 −817%	55−60 +817%
Valorant	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −838%	75−80 +838%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −844%	85−90 +844%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −829%	65−70 +829%
Dota 2	12 −817%	110−120 +817%
Far Cry 5	13 −823%	120−130 +823%
Fortnite	18−20 −844%	170−180 +844%
Forza Horizon 4	11 −809%	100−105 +809%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Grand Theft Auto V	7 −829%	65−70 +829%
Metro Exodus	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	32 −838%	300−310 +838%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −809%	100−105 +809%
Valorant	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%
World of Tanks	30 −867%	290−300 +867%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −838%	75−80 +838%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −844%	85−90 +844%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −829%	65−70 +829%
Dota 2	20 −850%	190−200 +850%
Far Cry 5	12 −817%	110−120 +817%
Forza Horizon 4	13 −823%	120−130 +823%
Forza Horizon 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	27−30 −866%	280−290 +866%
Valorant	5−6 −800%	45−50 +800%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	21−24 −855%	210−220 +855%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
World of Tanks	21−24 −855%	210−220 +855%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −868%	300−310 +868%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −838%	75−80 +838%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −775%	35−40 +775%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −817%	55−60 +817%
Valorant	10−11 −850%	95−100 +850%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −838%	150−160 +838%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −833%	140−150 +833%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −844%	85−90 +844%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −838%	150−160 +838%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Dota 2	9 −844%	85−90 +844%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Fortnite	2−3 −800%	18−20 +800%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −800%	9−10 +800%
Valorant	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%

This is how UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) and RTX 3050 OEM compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 OEM is 823% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 OEM is 844% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	3.15	31.12
Recency	28 May 2019	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	10 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	130 Watt

UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) has 983.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 OEM, on the other hand, has a 887.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, and a 25% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) in performance tests.

Be aware that UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.