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 | 918 | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 12598 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| Code name | GA107 | GA106 |
| Launch date | 11 May 2021 | 4 Jan 2022 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 52 |
Technical info |
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| 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 |
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| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |