GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs Radeon RX 580 2048SP

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking276not rated
Place by popularity52not in top-100
Power efficiency9.11no data
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePolaris 20GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date15 October 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 cores20482048
Core clock speed1168 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speed1284 MHz990 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate164.463.36
Floating-point processing power5.259 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs12864
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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length241 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-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 amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/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 DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 15 October 2018 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 35 Watt

RX 580 2048SP has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 328.6% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 580 2048SP and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 580 2048SP is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP
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