NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 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 3070 Ti Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q

Around 34% higher texture fill rate: 190.4 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
2.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2560
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt

Texture fill rate	190.4 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	5888 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 510 MHz
Around 72% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Launch date	16 Dec 2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 510 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA104	GA107
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	16 Dec 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1035 MHz	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	510 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	190.4 GFLOPS (1:64)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	12.19 TFLOPS (1:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	12.19 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	2560
Pixel fill rate	99.36 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	190.4 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Form factor		Dual-slot
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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6