Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking165not rated
Place by popularity11not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation69.36no data
Power efficiency17.26no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)no data
GPU code nameGA106no data
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)31 October 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$249 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 cores256030
Core clock speed1552 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1777 MHzno data
Number of transistors12,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt53 Watt
Texture fill rate142.2no data
Floating-point processing power9.098 TFLOPSno data
ROPs32no data
TMUs80no data
Tensor Cores80no data
Ray Tracing Cores20no data

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).

Laptop sizeno datamedium sized
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bitno data
Memory clock speed1750 MHzno data
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data
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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.6no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 31 October 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 53 Watt

Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU has an age advantage of 1 year, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 145.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop card while Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
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