NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
4.9x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 510 MHz
2.6x more boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Around 11% higher texture fill rate: 211.2 GTexel/s vs 190.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 510 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1035 MHz
Texture fill rate	211.2 GTexel/s vs 190.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q

2.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2560
Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt

Pipelines	5888 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD106	GA104
Launch date	2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1035 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	510 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	190.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	13.52 TFLOPS (1:1)	12.19 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.52 TFLOPS	12.19 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	5888
Pixel fill rate	84.48 GPixel/s	99.36 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	211.2 GTexel/s	190.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count		17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	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	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6