GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs Quadro M2200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking420not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency14.34no data
ArchitectureMaxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGM206GA107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date11 January 2017 (7 years 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 cores10242048
Core clock speed695 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed1036 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors2,940 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate66.3063.36
Floating-point processing power2.122 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6464
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-A (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1377 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth88 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent
Display Port1.2no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Optimus+-
3D Stereo+no data
Mosaic+no data
nView Display Management+no data
Optimus+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA5.28.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 11 January 2017 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 57.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro M2200 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro M2200 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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