GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs GT 1030

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	570	not rated
Place by popularity	36	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	2.31	no data
Power efficiency	14.75	no data
Architecture	Pascal (2016−2021)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GP108	GA107
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	17 May 2017 (7 years ago)	6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	384	2048
Core clock speed	1228 MHz	622 MHz
Boost clock speed	1468 MHz	990 MHz
Number of transistors	1,800 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	35.23	63.36
Floating-point processing power	1.127 TFLOPS	4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	24	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	145 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48.06 GB/s	144.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

+

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	6.1	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	17 May 2017	6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	30 Watt	35 Watt

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