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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 95% higher core clock speed: 1140 MHz vs 585 MHz
  • Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1605 MHz vs 1125 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Launch date 2023 vs 25 Jan 2022
Core clock speed 1140 MHz vs 585 MHz
Boost clock speed 1605 MHz vs 1125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

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

  • 2x more texture fill rate: 261.0 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
  • 2.9x more pipelines: 7424 vs 2560
  • Around 6% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • 2.7x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 6 GB
Texture fill rate 261.0 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 7424 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 85 Watt
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 6 GB

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD107 GA103
Launch date 2023 25 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating not rated not rated

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1605 MHz 1125 MHz
Core clock speed 1140 MHz 585 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 128.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 261.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.218 TFLOPS (1:1) 16.70 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.218 TFLOPS 16.70 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 7424
Pixel fill rate 51.36 GPixel/s 108.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 128.4 GTexel/s 261.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 80 Watt

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

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 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 168.0 GB/s 384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

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