NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q 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 3080 Ti Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 month(s) later
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 1057 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 261.0 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
3.6x more pipelines: 7424 vs 2048
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Launch date	25 Jan 2022 vs 11 May 2021
Boost clock speed	1125 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate	261.0 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 712 MHz vs 585 MHz
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 80 Watt

Core clock speed	712 MHz vs 585 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 80 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA103	GA107
Launch date	25 Jan 2022	11 May 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1125 MHz	1057 MHz
Core clock speed	585 MHz	712 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	261.0 GFLOPS (1:64)	67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	16.70 TFLOPS (1:1)	4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	16.70 TFLOPS	4.329 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	2048
Pixel fill rate	108.0 GPixel/s	33.82 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	261.0 GTexel/s	67.65 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Form factor		IGP
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	16 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	176.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6