NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 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	16 Dec 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 specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA107	GA107
Launch date	11 May 2021	16 Dec 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
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	115 Watt
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 6-pin
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
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