Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 vs RTX A500
GeForce RTX 3050 vs RTX A500 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3050
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+80 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+15 W)
- + PassMark (overall) (+5340)
- + Normalized score (+47.3)
B
RTX A500
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Boost clock (MHz) (+194 MHz)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+1.75 TFLOPS)
- + Energy efficiency (+3.3)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
|
Component B
RTX A500
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz (+250 MHz) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 192 GB/s (+80 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit (+64 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 75 W (+15 W) | 60 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 8,700M | — |
| Die size (mm²) | 200 mm² | — |
| Base clock (MHz) | 1065 MHz | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1343 MHz | 1537 MHz (+194 MHz) |
| CUDA cores | 2,048 | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 64 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| RT cores | 16 | 16 |
| Tensor cores | 64 | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 5.50 TFLOPS | 7.25 TFLOPS (+1.75 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 42.98 GPixel/s | — |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 85.95 GTexel/s | — |
| Energy efficiency | 17.0 | 20.2 (+3.3) |
| PassMark (overall) | 11,878 (+5340) | 6,538 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,497 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 11,949 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 63,465 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 62,164 | — |
| Normalized score | 63.1 (+47.3) | 15.8 |
Only in component B
CUDA
DLSS
In both
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3050 | RTX A500 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3050 wins 5 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).