GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs RTX 3070

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking38not rated
Place by popularity37not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation59.49no data
Power efficiency18.82no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA104GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date1 September 2020 (4 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$499 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 cores58882048
Core clock speed1500 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speed1725 MHz1057 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate317.467.65
Floating-point processing power20.31 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs18464
Tensor Cores18464
Ray Tracing Cores4616

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinNone

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 amount8 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s176.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
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 Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.58.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 September 2020 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 3070 has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, and 528.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
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