GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
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GPU code name
GA106
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Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2022
October 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
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Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
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Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
5 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
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Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
40
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
53 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
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Memory type
GDDR6
LPDDR5-6400
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
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Memory bus width
128 Bit
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Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
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Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
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Shared memory
-
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Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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HDMI
+
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DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
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CUDA
8.6
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OpenCL
3.0
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OpenGL
4.6
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Shader Model
6.6
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Vulkan
1.3
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