GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
AD106
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2023
February 2024
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors
None
None
Boost clock speed
1230 MHz
1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
4 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
-
8,700 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
4608
2304
Power consumption (TDP)
35 Watt
70 Watt
Texture fill rate
177.1
105.8
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
6 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
96 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
168.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
Portable Device Dependent
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
-
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.9
8.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.7
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3