NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 1095 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 845 vs 522

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 29 January 2019
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	845 vs 522

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

Around 15% higher pipelines: 2944 vs 2560
8x more memory clock speed: 12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 21% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12993 vs 10694
Around 48% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 84332 vs 57100
Around 60% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7784 vs 4851

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2944 vs 2560
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12993 vs 10694
Geekbench - OpenCL	84332 vs 57100
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7784 vs 4851

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

845

522

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10694

12993

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57100

84332

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

7784

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	845	522
PassMark - G3D Mark	10694	12993
Geekbench - OpenCL	57100	84332
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	7784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		297.996
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3676.805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		22.75
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		162.692
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1116.69
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8060
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		19139
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8905
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8060

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU104B
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	29 January 2019
Place in performance rating	128	139
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1095 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	2560	2944
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	13,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	12000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6