GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs RTX 4090 Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated197
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data75.24
Power efficiencyno data27.29
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD103GA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$179

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 cores97282304
Core clock speed930 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speed1455 MHz1470 MHz
Number of transistors45,900 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate442.3105.8
Floating-point processing power28.31 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs11232
TMUs30472
Tensor Cores30472
Ray Tracing Cores7618

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
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s168.0 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 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 Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 4090 Max-Q has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 14.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q
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