NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

  • 3.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 130 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 130 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 2.2x more core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 712 MHz
  • Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1057 MHz
  • 2.1x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
  • Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 27% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 11 May 2021
Core clock speed 1552 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate 142.2 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Pipelines 2560 vs 2048
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark 930
PassMark - G3D Mark 12782

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA107 GA106
Launch date 11 May 2021 4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating not rated 45

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1057 MHz 1777 MHz
Core clock speed 712 MHz 1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 67.65 GFLOPS (1:64) 142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 4.329 TFLOPS (1:1) 9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.329 TFLOPS 9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 2560
Pixel fill rate 33.82 GPixel/s 56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 67.65 GTexel/s 142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 8-pin
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches

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 176.0 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6