GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GN20-E3 GA106
GA107
Market segment
Laptop
Desktop
Release date
January 2021
January 2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
1x 6-pin
Boost clock speed
1283 MHz
1740 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
2048
Power consumption (TDP)
60 Watt
90 Watt
Texture fill rate
153.8
111.4
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
6 GB
4 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
12 GB/s
12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
264.0 GB/s
192.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
No outputs
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.7
Vulkan
1.2
1.3