NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2x more core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 712 MHz
Around 66% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1057 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 140.4 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 11 May 2021
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate	140.4 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

3.3x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	630
PassMark - G3D Mark	14441
Geekbench - OpenCL	74538
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1788

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD107	GA107
Launch date	2023	11 May 2021
Place in performance rating	167	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	1057 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	712 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	140.4 GFLOPS (1:64)	67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.986 TFLOPS (1:1)	4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.986 TFLOPS	4.329 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2048
Pixel fill rate	56.16 GPixel/s	33.82 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	140.4 GTexel/s	67.65 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	35 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	176.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1375 MHz, 11 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6