GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated214
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.71
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores242560
Core clock speed1296 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1492 MHz
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeLPDDR5-6400GDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data12000 MHz
Shared memory+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectXno data12_2

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 6 January 2023
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 60 Watt

Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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