GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs RTX 3050 4 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking308not rated
Place by popularity2766
Cost-effectiveness evaluation36.39no data
Power efficiency13.45no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA107GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date27 January 2022 (2 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1545 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed1740 MHz1155 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)90 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate111.473.92
Floating-point processing power7.127 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6464
Tensor Cores6464
Ray Tracing Cores1632

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 4.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-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 amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/s96 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 HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 January 2022 17 December 2021
Power consumption (TDP) 90 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 3050 4 GB has an age advantage of 1 month.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has 200% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
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