GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q vs GTX 1050

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking389not rated
Place by popularity15not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation11.35no data
Power efficiency11.94no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGP107GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date25 October 2016 (8 years ago)12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores6403840
Core clock speed1290 MHz817 MHz
Boost clock speed1392 MHz1282 MHz
Number of transistors3,300 million13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt60 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature97 °Cno data
Texture fill rate58.20153.8
Floating-point processing power1.862 TFLOPS9.846 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs40120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Height4.38" (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Recommended system power (PSU)300 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone
SLI-no data

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 amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth112 GB/s288.0 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 ConnectorsDP 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVINo outputs
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI+-
HDCP2.2-
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

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

GameStream+-
GPU Boost3.0no data
VR Ready+no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.5
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.22.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA+8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 25 October 2016 12 January 2021
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 3060 Max-Q has an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 1050 and GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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