GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs GTX 570

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	445	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	79
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.16	no data
Power efficiency	3.19	no data
Architecture	Fermi 2.0 (2010−2014)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GF110	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	7 December 2010 (14 years ago)	17 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$349	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	480	2048
Core clock speed	732 MHz	832 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1155 MHz
Number of transistors	3,000 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	30 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	97 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	43.92	73.92
Floating-point processing power	1.405 TFLOPS	4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs	40	32
TMUs	60	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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).

Bus support	PCI-E 2.0 x 16	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	267 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1900 MHz (3800 data rate)	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	152.0 GB/s	96 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 Connectors	Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	7 December 2010	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1280 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	219 Watt	30 Watt

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