NVIDIA RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB 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 RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation

Around 17% higher texture fill rate: 139.7 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Texture fill rate	139.7 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3072 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Around 33% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 930 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 1455 MHz

Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 930 MHz
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 1455 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Name	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
PassMark - G2D Mark		608
PassMark - G3D Mark		10480
Geekbench - OpenCL		54832
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		5376

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Max-Q Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD107	GA107
Place in performance rating	not rated	185
Launch date		6 Jul 2022
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1455 MHz	1492 MHz
Core clock speed	930 MHz	1237 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3072	2560
Pixel fill rate	46.56 GPixel/s	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.7 GTexel/s	119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt	75 Watt
Transistor count		8700 million
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	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	96 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6