T500 Max-Q vs GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GA107 | TU117 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Mobile workstation |
| Release date | 6 July 2022 (3 years ago) | 2 December 2020 (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 cores | 2048 | 896 |
| Core clock speed | 757 MHz | 795 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1125 MHz | 1425 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 8,700 million | 4,700 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 18 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 72.00 | 79.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.608 TFLOPS | 2.554 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 56 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | no data |
| L1 Cache | 2 MB | 896 KB |
| L2 Cache | 2 MB | 1024 KB |
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 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| 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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1375 MHz | 1250 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 176.0 GB/s | 80 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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.7 (6.4) |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 7.5 |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 July 2022 | 2 December 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 18 Watt |
RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 50% more advanced lithography process.
T500 Max-Q, on the other hand, has 94.4% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB and T500 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB is a notebook graphics card while T500 Max-Q is a mobile workstation one.
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