GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs FirePro S9300 X2
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | GCN 3.0 (2014−2019) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Capsaicin | GA107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 31 March 2016 (10 years ago) | 17 December 2021 (4 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $5,999 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 4096 ×2 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 850 MHz | 832 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1155 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,900 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 30 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 217.6 ×2 | 73.92 |
| Floating-point processing power | 6.963 TFLOPS ×2 | 4.731 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 ×2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 256 ×2 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L1 Cache | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 2 MB |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 8-pin | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | HBM | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB ×2 | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 4096 Bit ×2 | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 512.0 GB/s ×2 | 96 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 31 March 2016 | 17 December 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 300 Watt | 30 Watt |
RTX 2050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 900% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9300 X2 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S9300 X2 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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