The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has the GA106-150-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 is based on the graphics chip TU117-150, which comes from the Turing architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.500 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
12.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
96 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
64 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 is 12.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.500 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Base Clock
1.552 GHz
1.740 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
1.785 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
TDP
130 W
75 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 130 W.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 75 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 has 0 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Max. Displays
4
3
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.4a
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 supports the operation of a maximum of 3 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
Length
--
145 mm
Height
--
111 mm
Width (Slots)
--
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires -- space in the housing.
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 8 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.
The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
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