GeForce RTX 2080 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB - video card comparison

GeForce RTX 2080

GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB

Architecture

Turing (2018−2021)

Ampere (2020−2022)

GPU code name

Turing TU104

GA107

Market segment

Desktop

Release date

August 2018

July 2022

Interface

PCIe 3.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x8

Supplementary power connectors

1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

None

Boost clock speed

1710 MHz

990 MHz

Core clock speed

1515 MHz

Manufacturing process technology

12 nm

8 nm

Number of transistors

13,600 million

Pipelines / CUDA cores

2944

2048

Power consumption (TDP)

215 Watt

35 Watt

Texture fill rate

314.6

63.36

Memory type

GDDR6

Maximum RAM amount

8 GB

6 GB

Memory bus width

256 Bit

96 Bit

Memory clock speed

14000 MHz

12 GB/s

Memory bandwidth

448.0 GB/s

144.0 GB/s

Shared memory

Display Connectors

1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C

Portable Device Dependent

HDMI

G-SYNC support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_1)

12 Ultimate (12_2)

CUDA

7.5

8.6

OpenCL

1.2

3.0

OpenGL

4.6

Shader Model

6.5

6.7

Vulkan

1.2.131

1.3

VR Ready