GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs RTX 4090 Ti

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularity60not in top-100
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD102GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2023 (1 year ago)6 July 2022 (2 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 cores181762048
Core clock speed2325 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed2565 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors76,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)600 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate1,45763.36
Floating-point processing power93.24 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs19232
TMUs56864
Tensor Cores56864
Ray Tracing Cores14216

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
Length336 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 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 amount24 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth1.15 TB/s144.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
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


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 600 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 4090 Ti has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB, on the other hand, has 1614.3% lower power consumption.

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

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


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
GeForce RTX 4090 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.5 3121 vote

Rate GeForce RTX 4090 Ti on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.7 11 votes

Rate GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.