GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs GTX 295

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking748not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10076
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.12no data
Power efficiency0.78no data
ArchitectureTesla 2.0 (2007−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGT200BGA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date8 January 2009 (15 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$500 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 cores4802048
CUDA cores per GPU240no data
Core clock speed576 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1155 MHz
Number of transistors1,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)289 Watt30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature105 °Cno data
Texture fill rate46.0873.92
Floating-point processing power0.5962 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs2832
TMUs8064
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 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone
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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1792 MB4 GB
Standard memory config per GPU896 MBno data
Memory bus width896 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed999 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth223.8 GB/s96 GB/s
Memory interface width per GPU448 Bitno data

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 ConnectorsTwo Dual Link DVIHDMI1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
Audio input for HDMIS/PDIFno data

Supported technologies

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

High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)128bitno data

API compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL2.14.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 January 2009 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1792 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 289 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 2050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 12 years, a 128.6% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 863.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 295 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 295 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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