NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile vs NVIDIA H200 NVL Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only shared benchmark between these two GPUs is Geekbench OpenCL, and the result is a decisive victory for the NVIDIA H200 NVL. The H200 NVL scores 334,891, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile scores 52,998. This gives the H200 NVL a massive 84.2% advantage over the mobile chip. In absolute terms, the H200 NVL delivers roughly 6.3 times the OpenCL compute performance of the RTX 3050 A Mobile. This is not a close contest; the H200 NVL simply overwhelms the mobile part in raw compute throughput.

The RTX 3050 A Mobile has its own benchmark portfolio, but none of those tests overlap with the H200 NVL. Its strongest recorded result is in Passmark G3D, where it scores 11,664. Its compute-oriented Passmark GPU Compute score is 4,419, and its DirectX 9 score is 152. These numbers place the RTX 3050 A Mobile at the 44th percentile of all GPUs in the database, with an average benchmark score of 8,746. For context, its nearest rivals include the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 (average score 8,743, a 0% delta), the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 (8,686, 0.7% behind), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 (8,863, which is 1.3% ahead of the RTX 3050 A Mobile). The RTX 3050 A Mobile sits in a tight cluster of mid-range parts, trading blows with desktop cards from nearly a decade earlier.

The H200 NVL, by contrast, sits at the 100th percentile of all GPUs in the database. Its nearest rivals are the NVIDIA B200 (average score 345,482, which is 3.1% ahead), the AMD Instinct MI300X (317,994, 5.3% behind), and the NVIDIA B300 SXM6 AC (369,831, 9.4% ahead). The H200 NVL is not merely faster than the RTX 3050 A Mobile; it ranks among the absolute fastest accelerators recorded in the database, competing with the latest server-grade parts from both NVIDIA and AMD.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from entirely different architectural generations and design philosophies. The RTX 3050 A Mobile uses the GA106 chip built on Ampere architecture, manufactured on an 8 nm process at Samsung. It packs 12,000 million transistors into a 276 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 43.5 million transistors per mm². The H200 NVL uses the GH100 chip built on Hopper architecture, manufactured on a 5 nm process at TSMC. It contains 80,000 million transistors across an 814 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 98.3 million transistors per mm². The H200 NVL has nearly 6.7 times the transistor count and over 3 times the die area, with a more than doubled transistor density.

The memory subsystems are fundamentally different. The RTX 3050 A Mobile uses 4 GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, delivering 192.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The H200 NVL uses 141 GB of HBM3e on a 6144-bit bus, delivering 4.89 TB/s of bandwidth. That is roughly 25 times the memory capacity and over 25 times the memory bandwidth. The H200 NVL is designed to hold massive datasets and feed them to compute units at extreme rates, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile is a modest mobile part with a small memory footprint.

Compute resources differ by an order of magnitude. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has 1,792 shading units, 56 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 14 RT cores, and 56 tensor cores. The H200 NVL has 16,896 shading units, 528 TMUs, 24 ROPs, and 528 tensor cores, with no RT cores listed. The H200 NVL delivers 60.32 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, compared to 4.813 TFLOPS for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. In FP16, the H200 NVL reaches 120.6 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile manages 4.813 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio. The H200 NVL has a texture rate of 942.5 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Pixel rates are nearly identical, at 42.84 GPixel/s for the H200 NVL and 42.98 GPixel/s for the RTX 3050 A Mobile, but that is a minor detail in the context of such different workloads.

Clock speeds also favor the H200 NVL. Its base clock is 1365 MHz and boost clock is 1785 MHz, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile runs at 1065 MHz base and 1343 MHz boost. The H200 NVL draws significant power, with a TDP of 600 W and a suggested PSU of 1000 W, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile has a TDP of just 45 W and needs no power connectors. The H200 NVL is a dual-slot card measuring 267 mm in length and 111 mm in height, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile is an integrated graphics package with no slot width, no power connectors, and display outputs that are portable device dependent. The H200 NVL has no display outputs at all. The RTX 3050 A Mobile supports PCIe 4.0 x8, while the H200 NVL uses PCIe 5.0 x16. The H200 NVL also supports DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan as N/A, reflecting its server-oriented design, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA H200 NVL has an average benchmark score of 334,891, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has an average benchmark score of 8,746. The H200 NVL sits at the 100th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile sits at the 44th percentile.

Q: How do the memory capacities compare?

A: The H200 NVL features 141 GB of HBM3e memory on a 6144-bit bus with 4.89 TB/s bandwidth. The RTX 3050 A Mobile features 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: What are the FP32 performance figures for each GPU?

A: The H200 NVL delivers 60.32 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile delivers 4.813 TFLOPS. In FP16, the H200 NVL reaches 120.6 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile manages 4.813 TFLOPS at a 1:1 ratio.

Q: Which GPU has more shading units and tensor cores?

A: The H200 NVL has 16,896 shading units and 528 tensor cores. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has 1,792 shading units and 56 tensor cores. The H200 NVL also has 528 TMUs, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile has 56 TMUs. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has 32 ROPs, while the H200 NVL has 24 ROPs.

Q: What are the production statuses of these GPUs?

A: The RTX 3050 A Mobile is end-of-life, with a release date of 2023-12-31. The H200 NVL is active, with a release date of 2024-11-17. The H200 NVL lists its predecessor as Server Ada and its successor as Server Blackwell, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile lists its predecessor as GeForce 20 Mobile and has no successor.

Q: How do their power requirements differ?

A: The H200 NVL has a TDP of 600 W, uses 8-pin EPS power connectors, and requires a suggested PSU of 1000 W. It is a dual-slot card. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has a TDP of 45 W, uses no power connectors, and is an integrated graphics package with a slot width of IGP.

The Verdict

The data is unambiguous. The NVIDIA H200 NVL is a server-grade accelerator designed for maximum compute throughput, with a 100th percentile ranking, 141 GB of HBM3e memory, and 60.32 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is a low-power mobile GPU, ranked at the 44th percentile, with 4 GB of GDDR6 memory and 4.813 TFLOPS of FP32 performance. The H200 NVL leads the only shared benchmark by 84.2%, and its average benchmark score is over 38 times higher than the RTX 3050 A Mobile's.

The RTX 3050 A Mobile targets a completely different segment. It is a 45 W integrated part with no power connectors, designed for portable devices. Its benchmark scores put it in the same class as older desktop GPUs such as the GTX 460 v2 and the Quadro P2200, with deltas within 1.3% of those parts. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, making it suitable for graphics workloads on mobile hardware.

The H200 NVL has no display outputs and no DirectX, OpenGL, or Vulkan support. It is not a graphics card in the consumer sense; it is a compute accelerator. Its nearest rivals are the B200, MI300X, and B300 SXM6 AC, all of which are large-scale data center accelerators. The H200 NVL trails the B200 by 3.1% and the B300 SXM6 AC by 9.4%, but leads the MI300X by 5.3% and the L40S by 13.2%.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ in nearly every measurable specification. The RTX 3050 A Mobile uses the GA106 chip on Ampere architecture, fabricated on an 8 nm process at Samsung, with 12,000 million transistors on a 276 mm² die. The H200 NVL uses the GH100 chip on Hopper architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 80,000 million transistors on an 814 mm² die. Transistor density is 43.5M per mm² for the RTX 3050 A Mobile and 98.3M per mm² for the H200 NVL.

Clock speeds favor the H200 NVL: base 1365 MHz versus 1065 MHz, boost 1785 MHz versus 1343 MHz. Memory clock is 1593 MHz (6.4 Gbps effective) for the H200 NVL, versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Memory size is 141 GB versus 4 GB. Memory type is HBM3e versus GDDR6. Bus width is 6144 bit versus 128 bit. Bandwidth is 4.89 TB/s versus 192.0 GB/s.

Shading units are 16,896 versus 1,792. TMUs are 528 versus 56. ROPs are 24 versus 32. RT cores are not listed for the H200 NVL, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile has 14. Tensor cores are 528 versus 56. Pixel rate is 42.84 GPixel/s versus 42.98 GPixel/s. Texture rate is 942.5 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s. FP32 is 60.32 TFLOPS versus 4.813 TFLOPS. FP16 is 120.6 TFLOPS (2:1) versus 4.813 TFLOPS (1:1).

TDP is 600 W versus 45 W. Slot width is dual-slot versus IGP. Power connectors are 8-pin EPS versus none. Suggested PSU is 1000 W versus not listed. Bus interface is PCIe 5.0 x16 versus PCIe 4.0 x8. Display outputs are none versus portable device dependent. API support: the H200 NVL lists DirectX, OpenGL, and Vulkan as N/A, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Dimensions: the H200 NVL is 267 mm (10.5 inches) long and 111 mm (4.4 inches) tall; the RTX 3050 A Mobile has no listed dimensions. Production status: active versus end-of-life. Release dates: 2024-11-17 versus 2023-12-31.

Where Each One Wins

The H200 NVL wins in every compute-heavy category. It dominates FP32 and FP16 throughput, offers vastly more memory capacity and bandwidth, and has a far higher texture rate. Its Geekbench OpenCL score of 334,891 places it among the fastest accelerators in the database, ahead of the AMD Instinct MI300X by 5.3%. This GPU is built for large-scale data center workloads where raw compute and memory capacity are the limiting factors. The 141 GB HBM3e pool, the 6144-bit bus, and the 528 tensor cores indicate a design optimized for massive parallel workloads, including AI inference and training. The 100th percentile ranking confirms that no other class of GPU in the database outperforms it on average.

The RTX 3050 A Mobile wins in power efficiency and graphics feature support. Its 45 W TDP, lack of power connectors, and integrated package make it suitable for portable devices where the H200 NVL simply cannot operate. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4, while the H200 NVL has no graphics API support. The RTX 3050 A Mobile also has more ROPs (32 versus 24) and a marginally higher pixel rate (42.98 GPixel/s versus 42.84 GPixel/s), which gives it a slight edge in pixel processing throughput. Its benchmark results in Passmark DirectX 9 (152), DirectX 10 (61), DirectX 11 (94), and DirectX 12 (55) show functional graphics capability, even if the scores are modest.

For use-case selection, the data points to clear choices. The H200 NVL is for server installations, high-performance computing, and any workload that requires tens of TFLOPS and hundreds of gigabytes of memory. The RTX 3050 A Mobile is for mobile graphics, light gaming, and portable workstation tasks, where the 45 W envelope and integrated design are decisive advantages. Neither part can substitute for the other.