The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC has 2560 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 9.33 TFLOPS.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC is 138 % faster than the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower.
The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is equipped with a graphics chip of the Maxwell 2.0 architecture, which has 13 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 20 execution units.
Memory
Memory
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
Memory Size
4 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Memory Clock
1.753 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
7.0 Gbps
14.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
256 bit
128 bit
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is equipped with a 4 GB large GDDR5 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.753 GHz clocks.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC has a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
Base Clock
1.050 GHz
1.552 GHz
Boost Clock
1.178 GHz
1.822 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has a turbo clock of 1.178 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC is 1.822 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
TDP
145 W
130 W
Tjunction max
98 °C
93 °C
PCIe-Power
2 x 6-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower has 2 x 6-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 98 °C.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
Fan-Type
Radial
Axial
Fan 1
1 x 65 mm
2 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower are cooled with a Air cooling.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.2
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.0
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
1x DP 1.2
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
2
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.2.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
Max. resolution
4096x2160
7680x4320
DirectX
12_1
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
No
Yes
DLSS / FSR
No
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_1.
The Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
No
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
No
Decode
AV1
No
Decode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower
Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC
Length
244 mm
245 mm
Height
111 mm
119 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The Zotac GeForce GTX 970 Blower is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the Gainward GeForce RTX 3050 Ghost OC is -- and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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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