GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs GTX 1080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking140not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation42.16no data
Power efficiency16.24no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 August 2016 (8 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499.99 no data

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 cores25602048
Core clock speed1607 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed1771 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt35 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature94 °Cno data
Texture fill rate283.463.36
Floating-point processing power9.068 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
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 sizelargeno data
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone
SLI options+-

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 amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed10 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s144.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVIPortable Device Dependent
Multi monitor support+no data
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 August 2016 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 35 Watt

GTX 1080 Mobile has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
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