GeForce MX330 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q - video card comparison

GeForce MX330

GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Architecture

Pascal (2016−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

N17S-LP / N17S-G3

GA107

Market segment

Laptop

Desktop

Release date

February 2020

May 2021

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

None

Boost clock speed

1594 MHz

1057 MHz

Core clock speed

1531 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

14 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

1,800 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

384

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

25 Watt (12 - 25 Watt TGP)

35 Watt

Texture fill rate

38.26

67.65

Memory type

GDDR5

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

2 GB

4 GB

Memory bus width

64 Bit

128 Bit

Memory clock speed

7000 MHz

11 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

176.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

No outputs

DirectX

12 (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

6.1

8.6

OpenCL

1.2

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.4

6.6

Vulkan

1.2.131

1.3

Optimus