GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

40 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsGA106 (GA106-140-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs8 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs276 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs13,250 million
Shaders2560vs2304
Compute Units20vs18
Core clock1552 MHzvs1545 MHz
ROPs48vs40
TMUs80vs72

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs128 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
TDP130 wattsvs90 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vs27 Jan 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    69.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    125.30 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    8018.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better