NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • Around 78% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 817 MHz
  • Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1282 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 629 vs 589
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14519 vs 13387
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 817 MHz
Boost clock speed 1755 MHz vs 1282 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 vs 589
PassMark - G3D Mark 14519 vs 13387

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

  • Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 153.8 GTexel/s vs 140.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 9% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 79058 vs 72640
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 153.8 GTexel/s vs 140.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3840 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 79058 vs 72640
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8234 vs 8203

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
629
589
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14519
13387
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
72640
79058
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8203
8234
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 629 589
PassMark - G3D Mark 14519 13387
Geekbench - OpenCL 72640 79058
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8203 8234
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 339.841
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3898.264
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.109
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 155.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1167.569
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8054
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 21278
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8913
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8054

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD107 GA106
Launch date 2023 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 131 130
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1755 MHz 1282 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 817 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 140.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 153.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.986 TFLOPS (1:1) 9.846 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.986 TFLOPS 9.846 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 3840
Pixel fill rate 56.16 GPixel/s 61.54 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 140.4 GTexel/s 153.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent Portable Device Dependent
DisplayPort support
G-SYNC support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Laptop size large

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 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

GPU Boost
VR Ready