Radeon Pro W6800 vs GeForce 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 rated53
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data23.63
Power efficiencyno data14.10
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA107Navi 21
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)8 June 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$2,249

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 cores20483840
Core clock speed712 MHz2075 MHz
Boost clock speed1057 MHz2320 MHz
Number of transistorsno data26,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate67.65556.8
Floating-point processing power4.329 TFLOPS17.82 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs64240
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores1660

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 data267 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 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 GB32 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s512.0 GB/s
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 ConnectorsNo outputs6x mini-DisplayPort

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.31.2
CUDA8.6-

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 32 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q has 614.3% lower power consumption.

Pro W6800, on the other hand, has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and Radeon Pro W6800. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q is a notebook card while Radeon Pro W6800 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
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AMD Radeon Pro W6800
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