GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs GeForce RTX 4080
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 4GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and 16GB VRAM GeForce RTX 4080 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB 's Advantages
Lower TDP (90W vs 320W)
GeForce RTX 4080 's Advantages
Released 8 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 44% (2505MHz vs 1740MHz)
More VRAM (16GB vs 4GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (716.8GB/s vs 192.0GB/s)
7680 additional rendering cores
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
7127
GeForce RTX 4080
+583%
48740
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
30
GeForce RTX 4080
+340%
132
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
60
GeForce RTX 4080
+310%
246
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
85
GeForce RTX 4080
+252%
300
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
26
GeForce RTX 4080
+180%
73
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
39
GeForce RTX 4080
+210%
121
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
42
GeForce RTX 4080
+328%
180
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
50
GeForce RTX 4080
+146%
123
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
73
GeForce RTX 4080
+126%
165
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
101
GeForce RTX 4080
+86%
188
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
38
GeForce RTX 4080
+231%
126
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
74
GeForce RTX 4080
+144%
181
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
110
GeForce RTX 4080
+65%
182
Graphics Card
Jan 2022
Release Date
Sep 2022
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 40
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x8
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1545 MHz
Base Clock
2205 MHz
1740 MHz
Boost Clock
2505 MHz
1500 MHz
Memory Clock
1400 MHz
Memory
4GB
Memory Size
16GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR6X
128bit
Memory Bus
256bit
192.0GB/s
Bandwidth
716.8GB/s
Render Config
16
SM Count
76
2048
Shading Units
9728
64
TMUs
304
32
ROPs
112
64
Tensor Cores
304
16
RT Cores
76
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
2 MB
L2 Cache
64 MB
Theoretical Performance
55.68 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
280.6 GPixel/s
111.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
761.5 GTexel/s
7.127 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
48.74 TFLOPS
7.127 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
48.74 TFLOPS
111.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
761.5 GFLOPS
Board Design
90W
TDP
320W
250 W
Suggested PSU
700 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin
Power Connectors
1x 16-pin
Graphics Processor
GA107
GPU Name
AD103
GA107-140-A1
GPU Variant
AD103-300-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
8 nm
Process Size
5 nm
8.7 billion
Transistors
45.9 billion
200 mm²
Die Size
379 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
8.9
6.7
Shader Model
6.7
