NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 780 MHz
  • Around 35% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 46% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 647
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1545 MHz vs 780 MHz
Boost clock speed 1740 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 942 vs 647

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

  • Around 65% higher texture fill rate: 206.4 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
  • 2.2x more pipelines: 5120 vs 2304
  • Around 13% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 90 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 20% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15448 vs 12873
  • Around 86% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 92447 vs 49783
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 206.4 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines 5120 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 90 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 15448 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL 92447 vs 49783

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
942
647
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12873
15448
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
49783
92447
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 942 647
PassMark - G3D Mark 12873 15448
Geekbench - OpenCL 49783 92447
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 449.647
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4619.617
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 36.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 181.818
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1410.887
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 13334
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 24877
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 11471
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 13334
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 10465

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA107 GA104
Launch date 2022 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 81 84
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1740 MHz 1290 MHz
Core clock speed 1545 MHz 780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64) 206.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1) 13.21 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.018 TFLOPS 13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 5120
Pixel fill rate 55.68 GPixel/s 103.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 125.3 GTexel/s 206.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
HDMI
G-SYNC support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin None
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready