GeForce RTX 4050 vs GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated124
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Power efficiencyno data25.71
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP106AD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date27 June 2017 (7 years ago)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 cores12802560
Core clock speed1265 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speed1480 MHz2640 MHz
Number of transistors4,400 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate118.4211.2
Floating-point processing powerno data13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8080
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed8008 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.2 GB/s216.0 GB/s

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.

DirectX12.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.06.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 100 Watt

GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB has 25% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB and GeForce RTX 4050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q 3 GB
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