GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB vs 840M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking795not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency5.88no data
ArchitectureMaxwell (2014−2017)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM108GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 March 2014 (10 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 years 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 cores3842048
Core clock speed1029 MHz757 MHz
Boost clock speed1124 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistorsno data8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)33 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate17.9872.00
Floating-point processing power0.8632 TFLOPS4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs1664
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0, PCI Express 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1001 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth16.02 GB/s176.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost2.0no data
Optimus+-
GameWorks+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2014 6 July 2022
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 33 Watt 35 Watt

GeForce 840M has 6.1% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce 840M and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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