NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 Max-Q
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 1 month(s) later
- 1438.1x more texture fill rate: 67.65 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s
- 3.2x more pipelines: 2048 vs 640
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
- 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
| Launch date | 11 May 2021 vs 13 March 2015 |
| Texture fill rate | 67.65 GTexel/s vs 47.04 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2048 vs 640 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 28 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt vs 75 Watt |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
- Around 54% higher core clock speed: 1096 MHz vs 712 MHz
- Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1176 MHz vs 1057 MHz
- Around 82% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
| Core clock speed | 1096 MHz vs 712 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1176 MHz vs 1057 MHz |
| Memory clock speed | 2500 MHz vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 3366 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 245 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 10985 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 54.294 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 795.325 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 3.692 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 51.794 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 174.513 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 5264 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3714 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3358 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 5264 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3714 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3358 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1231 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Maxwell |
| Code name | GA107 | GM107 |
| Launch date | 11 May 2021 | 13 March 2015 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 735 |
| Type | Laptop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1057 MHz | 1176 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 712 MHz | 1096 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 28 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 67.65 GFLOPS (1:64) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 4.329 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 4.329 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 2048 | 640 |
| Pixel fill rate | 33.82 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 67.65 GTexel/s | 47.04 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 35 Watt | 75 Watt |
| CUDA cores | 640 | |
| Floating-point performance | 1,505 gflops | |
| Transistor count | 1,870 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | 1 | |
| HDMI | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | 1 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | IGP | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | MXM-B (3.0) |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | |
| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.0 (11_0) |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| Vulkan | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 176.0 GB/s | 80 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective | 2500 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| Adaptive VSync | ||
| Ansel | ||
| BatteryBoost | ||
| CUDA | ||
| DSR | ||
| GameStream | ||
| GameWorks | ||
| GeForce Experience | ||
| GeForce ShadowPlay | ||
| GPU Boost | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
| SLI | ||
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