GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated165
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data69.36
Power efficiencyno data17.26
Architectureno dataAmpere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameno dataGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date10 November 2020 (4 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores322560
Core clock speed1296 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)44 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data142.2
Floating-point processing powerno data9.098 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 data8 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 November 2020 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 44 Watt 130 Watt

Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU has a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 195.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year.

We couldn't decide between Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.


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