NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 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
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 8 month(s) later
- 4.3x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 585 MHz
- 2.3x more boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1125 MHz
- 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 25 Jan 2022 |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz vs 585 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz vs 1125 MHz |
| 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 3080 Ti Max-Q
- Around 24% higher texture fill rate: 261.0 GTexel/s vs 211.2 GTexel/s
- 2.9x more pipelines: 7424 vs 2560
- Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
| Texture fill rate | 261.0 GTexel/s vs 211.2 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 7424 vs 2560 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 80 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 16 GB vs 8 GB |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Max-Q | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Code name | AD106 | GA103 |
| Launch date | 2023 | 25 Jan 2022 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz | 585 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 211.2 GFLOPS (1:64) | 261.0 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 13.52 TFLOPS (1:1) | 16.70 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 13.52 TFLOPS | 16.70 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 7424 |
| Pixel fill rate | 84.48 GPixel/s | 108.0 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 261.0 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 80 Watt |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 16 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 |
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