GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs Radeon R9 270X

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking389not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation5.64no data
Power efficiency4.86no data
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameCuracaoAD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Designreferenceno data
Release date8 October 2013 (11 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$199 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 cores12802560
Core clock speedno data1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1050 MHz1605 MHz
Number of transistors2,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)180 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate84.00128.4
Floating-point processing power2.688 TFLOPS8.218 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8080
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2 x 6-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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth179.2 GB/s168.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
Eyefinity+-
HDMI+-
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 8 October 2013 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 180 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 4050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 9 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 600% more advanced lithography process, and 414.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 270X and GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon R9 270X is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon R9 270X
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