GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and Radeon RX 6500M - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
Radeon RX 6500M
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
RDNA 2 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA107
Navi 24
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
May 2021
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1057 MHz
2191 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
6 nm
Number of transistors
-
5,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2048
1024
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
50 Watt
Texture fill rate
67.65
153.6
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
4 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
64 Bit
Memory clock speed
11 GB/s
18000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
176.0 GB/s
288.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
No outputs
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
3.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.6
Vulkan
1.3
1.2