GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q vs FirePro S9170
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 2.0 (2013−2017) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | Hawaii | GA107 |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 8 July 2015 (10 years ago) | 11 May 2021 (4 years ago) |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2816 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 930 MHz | 712 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1057 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 275 Watt | 35 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 163.7 | 67.65 |
| Floating-point processing power | 5.238 TFLOPS | 4.329 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 32 |
| TMUs | 176 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | 704 KB | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | 1024 KB | 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 4.0 x8 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 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 | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 512 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1250 MHz | 1375 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 320.0 GB/s | 176.0 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 | No outputs |
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 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 8 July 2015 | 11 May 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 275 Watt | 35 Watt |
FirePro S9170 has a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount.
RTX 3050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 685.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between FirePro S9170 and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that FirePro S9170 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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