GeForce GTX 980M and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce GTX 980M
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB
Architecture
Maxwell (2014−2018)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GM204
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
October 2014
July 2022
Bus support
PCI Express 3.0
-
Interface
MXM-B (3.0)
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
SLI options
+
-
Boost clock speed
1127 MHz
990 MHz
Core clock speed
1038 MHz
-
CUDA cores
1536
-
Floating-point performance
3,462 gflops
-
Manufacturing process technology
28 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
5,200 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
1536
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
unknown
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
51.84
63.36
Memory type
GDDR5
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
256 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
2500 MHz
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
160 GB/s
144.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
Portable Device Dependent
VGA аnalog display support
+
-
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support
+
-
HDMI
+
-
G-SYNC support
+
-
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
+
8.6
OpenCL
1.1
3.0
OpenGL
4.5
4.6
Shader Model
6.4
6.7
Vulkan
1.1.126
1.3
Ansel
+
-
BatteryBoost
+
-
GameStream
+
-
GameWorks
+
-
GeForce ShadowPlay
+
-
GPU Boost
2.0
-
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder
+
-
Optimus
+
-