GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs MX330

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking577not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency43.08no data
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP108AD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date10 February 2020 (4 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 speed1531 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1594 MHz1605 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)10 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate38.26128.4
Floating-point processing power1.224 TFLOPS8.218 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2480
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
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 amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1502 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth48.06 GB/s168.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 February 2020 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 10 Watt 35 Watt

GeForce MX330 has 250% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce MX330 and GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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