NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Launch date	2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1140 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1605 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

2.3x more texture fill rate: 296.6 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
2.4x more pipelines: 6144 vs 2560
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB

Texture fill rate	296.6 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	6144 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		371.785
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3552.807
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		31.212
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		190.723
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1422.602
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8604
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26295
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		9367
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8604

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD107	GA104
Launch date	2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	not rated	87
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1605 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	128.4 GFLOPS (1:64)	296.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.218 TFLOPS (1:1)	18.98 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.218 TFLOPS	18.98 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	6144
Pixel fill rate	51.36 GPixel/s	148.3 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	128.4 GTexel/s	296.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count		17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	168.0 GB/s	448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready