GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA106
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
December 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1155 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
30 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
73.92
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
96 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3