NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
• GPU Chip
  GA106-150-A1 (Ampere) AD102-300 / AD102-301 (Ada Lovelace)
• Shader
  2560 16384
• Render Output Units
  48 192
• Texture Units
  80 512
• Raytracing Cores
  20 128

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  8 GB 24 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6 GDDR6X
• Memory Clock
  1.750 GHz 1.313 GHz
• Memory Speed
  14 Gbps 21.0 Gbps
• Memory Interface
  128 bit 384 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  1.552 GHz 2.235 GHz
• Boost Clock
  1.777 GHz 2.520 GHz
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  130 W 450 W
• TDP (up)
  -- 450 W-25 %
• Tjunction max
  93 °C 90 °C
• PCIe-Power
  1 x 8-Pin --

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  -- 2 x 110 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  -- 39 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.3
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.1
• DP Ports
  2x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- --

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2 (Ultimate)
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  Decode Decode

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  -- 304 mm
• Height
  -- 137 mm
• Width
  -- 61 mm
• Width (Slots)
  -- 3 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 4.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2022
• Structure size
  8 nm 4 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet data sheet