GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh vs RTX 4070 Ti

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking6not rated
Place by popularity95not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation48.90no data
Power efficiency19.86no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD104GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 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 cores76802048
Core clock speed2310 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed2610 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)285 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate626.463.36
Floating-point processing power40.09 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs8032
TMUs24064
Tensor Cores24064
Ray Tracing Cores6016

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
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/s144.0 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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo 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 Model6.76.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 285 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 4070 Ti has an age advantage of 5 months, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has 280% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
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