GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q vs GTX 660M Mac Edition

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1015not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency2.25no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameGK107GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 April 2013 (12 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 cores3842560
Core clock speed950 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1035 MHz
Number of transistors1,270 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)50 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate30.4082.80
Floating-point processing power0.7296 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3280
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L1 Cache32 KB2.5 MB
L2 Cache256 KB2 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).

InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount512 MB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth80 GB/s176.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.1.1261.3
CUDA3.08.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 April 2013 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 50 Watt 75 Watt

GTX 660M Mac Edition has 50% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 years, a 700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

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