The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has the GA106-150-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC is based on the graphics chip GM206-300-A1, which comes from the Maxwell 2.0 architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
Memory Size
8 GB
2 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.753 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
Base Clock
1.552 GHz
1.165 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
1.228 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
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
TDP
130 W
120 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 120 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
Fan-Type
Axial
Radial
Fan 1
--
1 x 65 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.
The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC has 1 Radial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
1x DP 1.2
DVI
--
2
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050.
The Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
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
Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC
Length
--
247 mm
Height
--
112 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 Palit GeForce GTX 960 OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3 x 16 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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