GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs Quadro P5200

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking176not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency21.59no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP104GA107
Market segmentMobile workstationLaptop
Release date21 February 2018 (6 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 cores25602048
Core clock speed1556 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed1746 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors7,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology16 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate279.463.36
Floating-point processing power8.94 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
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-B (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 amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1800 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth230.4 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

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 February 2018 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 35 Watt

Quadro P5200 has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 185.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro P5200 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro P5200 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB is a mobile workstation one.


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