NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GPU · Specs Compare
Graphics Card
Release Date
Jan 2015
Jan 2022
Generation
GeForce 900
GeForce 30
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Bus Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Clock Speeds
Base Clock
1127 MHz
1552 MHz
Boost Clock
1178 MHz
1777 MHz
Memory Clock
1753 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory
Memory Size
2GB
8GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128bit
128bit
Bandwidth
112.2GB/s
224.0GB/s
Render Config
Shading Units
1024
2560
TMUs
64
80
ROPs
32
32
L1 Cache
48 KB (per SMM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
1024 KB
2 MB
SM Count
—
20
Tensor Cores
—
80
RT Cores
—
20
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
37.70 GPixel/s
56.86 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
75.39 GTexel/s
142.2 GTexel/s
FP32 (float)
2.413 TFLOPS
9.098 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
75.39 GFLOPS
142.2 GFLOPS
FP16 (half)
—
9.098 TFLOPS
Graphics Processor
GPU Name
GM206
GA106
GPU Variant
GM206-300-A1
GA106-150-KA-A1
Architecture
Maxwell 2.0
Ampere
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Process Size
28 nm
8 nm
Transistors
2.94 billion
12 billion
Die Size
228 mm²
276 mm²
Board Design
TDP
120W
130W
Suggested PSU
300 W
300 W
Outputs
1x DVI1x HDMI 2.03x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power Connectors
1x 6-pin
1x 8-pin
Graphics Features
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
1.3
CUDA
5.2
8.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.6
Benchmark
3DMark Time Spy
2,300
—
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
1,025
—
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
10
—
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
25
—
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
35
—
GTA 5 1080p
70
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▲ Specs Compare
Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.