GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q vs RTX 2060 Super

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking90not rated
Place by popularity17not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.01no data
Power efficiency16.79no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU106GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date9 July 2019 (5 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores21762560
Core clock speed1470 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speed1650 MHz1035 MHz
Number of transistors10,800 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)175 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate224.482.80
Floating-point processing power7.181 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs13680
Tensor Cores27280
Ray Tracing Cores3420

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 4.0 x8
Length229 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinNone

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 amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s176.0 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 9 July 2019 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 175 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 2060 Super has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 133.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2060 Super and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2060 Super is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.


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