Data Center GPU Flex 170 vs GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularity66not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA107DG2-512
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date17 December 2021 (2 years ago)24 August 2022 (2 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 cores20484096
Core clock speed832 MHz1950 MHz
Boost clock speed1155 MHz2050 MHz
Number of transistorsno data21,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt150 Watt
Texture fill rate73.92524.8
Floating-point processing power4.731 TFLOPS16.79 TFLOPS
ROPs32128
TMUs64256
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores3232

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/s512.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 2.0
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 17 December 2021 24 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 6 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 150 Watt

RTX 2050 Max-Q has 400% lower power consumption.

Data Center GPU Flex 170, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 33.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q and Data Center GPU Flex 170. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook card while Data Center GPU Flex 170 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
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