GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and 6GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB 's Advantages
Boost Clock has increased by 21% (1777MHz vs 1470MHz)
More VRAM (8GB vs 6GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (224.0GB/s vs 168.0GB/s)
256 additional rendering cores
GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB 's Advantages
Released 2 years and 1 months late
Lower TDP (70W vs 130W)
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
+34%
9098
GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
6774
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1328
GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
+265%
4853
Graphics Card
Jan 2022
Release Date
Feb 2024
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x8
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
Clock Speeds
1552 MHz
Base Clock
1042 MHz
1777 MHz
Boost Clock
1470 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
6GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR6
128bit
Memory Bus
96bit
224.0GB/s
Bandwidth
168.0GB/s
Render Config
20
SM Count
18
2560
Shading Units
2304
80
TMUs
72
32
ROPs
32
80
Tensor Cores
72
20
RT Cores
18
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
2 MB
L2 Cache
2 MB
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
47.04 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
105.8 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
6.774 TFLOPS
9.098 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
6.774 TFLOPS
142.2 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
105.8 GFLOPS
Board Design
130W
TDP
70W
300 W
Suggested PSU
250 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 8-pin
Power Connectors
None
Graphics Processor
GA106
GPU Name
GA107
GA106-150-KA-A1
GPU Variant
GA107-325-K2-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
8 nm
Process Size
8 nm
12 billion
Transistors
8.7 billion
276 mm²
Die Size
200 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.7
