GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh and RTX A500 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh
RTX A500
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA107
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
July 2022
November 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
990 MHz
1770 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
75 Watt
60 Watt
Texture fill rate
63.36
113.3
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
96 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
144.0 GB/s
112.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
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