GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 980
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and 4GB VRAM GeForce GTX 980 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB 's Advantages
Released 7 years and 4 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 46% (1777MHz vs 1216MHz)
More VRAM (8GB vs 4GB)
512 additional rendering cores
Lower TDP (130W vs 165W)
GeForce GTX 980 's Advantages
Larger VRAM bandwidth (224.4GB/s vs 224.0GB/s)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
+82%
9098
GeForce GTX 980
4981
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1328
GeForce GTX 980
+228%
4362
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
+11%
20
GeForce GTX 980
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
+20%
42
GeForce GTX 980
35
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
+32%
82
GeForce GTX 980
62
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
31
GeForce GTX 980
+93%
60
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
40
GeForce GTX 980
+55%
62
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
+10%
110
GeForce GTX 980
100
Graphics Card
Jan 2022
Release Date
Sep 2014
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 900
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x8
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1552 MHz
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1777 MHz
Boost Clock
1216 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
4GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR5
128bit
Memory Bus
256bit
224.0GB/s
Bandwidth
224.4GB/s
Render Config
20
SM Count
-
2560
Shading Units
2048
80
TMUs
128
32
ROPs
64
80
Tensor Cores
-
20
RT Cores
-
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
2 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
77.82 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
155.6 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
-
9.098 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
4.981 TFLOPS
142.2 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
155.6 GFLOPS
Board Design
130W
TDP
165W
300 W
Suggested PSU
450 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x DVI
1x HDMI 2.0
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 8-pin
Power Connectors
2x 6-pin
Graphics Processor
GA106
GPU Name
GM204
GA106-150-KA-A1
GPU Variant
GM204-400-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
8 nm
Process Size
28 nm
12 billion
Transistors
5.2 billion
276 mm²
Die Size
398 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (12_1)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
5.2
6.6
Shader Model
6.4
