GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ada Lovelace
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
AD107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
January 2023
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1260 MHz
1605 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
4 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8960
2560
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
35 Watt
Texture fill rate
478.8
128.4
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
168.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Portable Device Dependent
HDMI
+
-
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.9
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3