Data Center GPU Max 1550 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 evaluation69.37no data
Power efficiency17.26no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Generation 12.5 (2021−2023)
GPU code nameGA106Ponte Vecchio
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date4 January 2022 (2 years ago)10 January 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 cores256016384
Core clock speed1552 MHz900 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1600 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million100,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm10 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate142.21,638
Floating-point processing power9.098 TFLOPS52.43 TFLOPS
ROPs32no data
TMUs801024
Tensor Cores801024
Ray Tracing Cores20128

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 5.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotOAM Module
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 typeGDDR6HBM2e
Maximum RAM amount8 GB128 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit8192 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1600 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s3,277 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 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 10 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 128 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 10 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 600 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 361.5% lower power consumption.

Data Center GPU Max 1550, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 1500% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Data Center GPU Max 1550. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop card while Data Center GPU Max 1550 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
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