GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q vs GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking365not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameno dataAD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores7683072
Core clock speed1366 MHzno data
Boost clock speed1442 MHz1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data35 Watt
Texture fill rateno data141.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Widthno dataIGP
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 MB8 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s224.0 GB/s

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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDAno data8.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 8 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4060 Max-Q is a desktop one.


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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
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