Qnap 473A + GPU - which to pick?

[Bezan 0]

Hi,

After moving from Synology (with Intel) to QNap (with AMD) I`m struggling which GPU to keep.

For many years Plex user but right now on Qnap a lot of issues to use HW transcoding. After so many hours searching for solution I found there is emby. HW transcoding worked just from first start - incredible

Right now I have Quadro P1000 (not oficially listed on Qnap site)  but waiting for Zotac GeForce RTX 3050 6GB GDDR6 LP ( listed as HW transcoding working ).

 

I wolud like to use emby for:

- local streaming - no transcoding

- remote streaming to maximum 2-3 users the same time

 

Just checked and for 4K HEVC to 1080p 10Mbps it uses ~50% GPU.

 

Do you have any experience with both cards? Or just from technical point of view... which one should I keep?

 

 

 

[Luke 42077]

Hi, we generally would almost always recommend Intel over AMD if hardware transcoding is important to you.

[Bezan 0]

OK but at this point NAS is already picked.

Idea was to pick something low power idle (AMD CPU) and if transcoding needed use GPU on PCIe. Parallel Qnap with intel ( TS474 ) is like 50% more expensive just to have Pentium Gold instead  

 

If any can suggest Qnap 473a (with AMD) +

Quadro P1000

or

Zotac RTX 3050 :)

 

Thanks

[GrimReaper 4739]

Haven't used either, but based on the architecture alone, there shouldn't actually be any dilemma: go with RTX 3050. Your Pascal P1000 (already dated) will cease receiving driver updates (if not already) this October 2025, while you'll still get several more years out of Ampere 3050 (2 generations younger, higher core count, improved video decoder and encoder). 

[Bezan 0]

Will try to get RTX3050 to test how it works with this NAS