GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs GTX 1630

#ad 
Buy on Amazon
VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking390not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10077
Power efficiency11.83no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU117GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 June 2022 (2 years ago)17 December 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 cores5122048
Core clock speed1740 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed1785 MHz1155 MHz
Number of transistors4,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate57.1273.92
Floating-point processing power1.828 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 3.0 x8
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s96 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 28 June 2022 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 30 Watt

GTX 1630 has an age advantage of 6 months.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 150% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1630 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1630 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1630
GeForce GTX 1630
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.4 1273 votes

Rate GeForce GTX 1630 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.6 156 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.