GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs GT 650M

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking756not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.75no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGK107GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 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 speedUp to 900 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speed950 MHz1057 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)45 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate30.4067.65
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
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 x16PCIe 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 typeDDR3\GDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed900 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidthUp to 80.0 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 outputsNo outputs
HDMI+-
HDCP+-
Maximum VGA resolutionUp to 2048x1536no data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+-
Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 22 March 2012 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 45 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 28.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 650M and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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