GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB vs RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated99
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data15.39
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Turing (2018−2022)
GPU code nameGA107TU106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)7 December 2021 (3 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 cores25602176
Core clock speed735 MHz1470 MHz
Boost clock speed1035 MHz1650 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 million10,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm12 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt184 Watt
Texture fill rate82.80224.4
Floating-point processing power5.299 TFLOPS7.181 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs80136
Tensor Cores80272
Ray Tracing Cores2034

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 3.0 x16
Lengthno data229 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 GB12 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1375 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth176.0 GB/s336.0 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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 Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.67.5

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 May 2021 7 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 12 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 184 Watt

RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q has a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 145.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 2060 12 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 6 months, and a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q and GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB is a desktop one.


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