
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB and GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 1050 3 GB
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
Architecture
Pascal (2016−2021)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GP107
GN20-E5 GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2018
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1518 MHz
1290 MHz
Core clock speed
1392 MHz
-
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
3,300 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
768
5120
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
72.86
237.4
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
3 GB
8 GB
Memory bus width
96 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
7008 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
84.1 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
6.1
8.6
OpenCL
1.2
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2