GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs RTX 3050 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated178
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data16.34
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA107GA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)

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 cores20482560
Core clock speed712 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speed1057 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate67.65140.4
Floating-point processing power4.329 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6480
Tensor Cores6480
Ray Tracing Cores1620

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 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x 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 Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q has 271.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 OEM, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 7 months, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

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

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


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