GeForce RTX 4090 D vs RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated2
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.27
Power efficiencyno data14.79
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107AD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 July 2022 (2 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,599

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 cores204814592
Core clock speed622 MHz2280 MHz
Boost clock speed990 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistorsno data76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt425 Watt
Texture fill rate63.361,149
Floating-point processing power4.055 TFLOPS73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs32176
TMUs64456
Tensor Cores64456
Ray Tracing Cores16114

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 4.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s1,008 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

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
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 July 2022 28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 425 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB has 1114.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB and GeForce RTX 4090 D. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 D is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB
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