GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs 7050 + nForce 630a
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 | Curie (2003−2013) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | C68 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 1 February 2006 (19 years ago) | 3 January 2023 (2 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 | no data | 9728 |
| Core clock speed | 425 MHz | 930 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1455 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 112 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 80 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 0.85 | 442.3 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 28.31 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 1 | 112 |
| TMUs | 2 | 304 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 76 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 9.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 64 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 | PCI | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Width | IGP | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 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 | System Shared | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | - |
| 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 | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0c (9_3) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 3.0 | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 1 February 2006 | 3 January 2023 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 4 nm |
RTX 4090 Max-Q has an age advantage of 16 years, and a 2150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce 7050 + nForce 630a and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce 7050 + nForce 630a is a desktop graphics card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.
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