GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs RTX 2080 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking44not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10066
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.35no data
Power efficiency15.60no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 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 cores43522048
Core clock speed1350 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1155 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate420.273.92
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs8832
TMUs27264
Tensor Cores54464
Ray Tracing Cores6832

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
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 amount11 GB4 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/s96 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 September 2018 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti has a 175% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 733.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
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