Radeon 740M vs GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 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 | 565 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 12.51 |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | RDNA 3.0 (2022−2025) |
| GPU code name | GA107 | Phoenix2 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 July 2022 (3 years ago) | 31 January 2024 (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 cores | 2048 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 622 MHz | 800 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 990 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 20,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 63.36 | 44.80 |
| Floating-point processing power | 4.055 TFLOPS | 2.867 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 8 |
| TMUs | 64 | 16 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 4 |
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 4.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| 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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 1500 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 144.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
| 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 | Motherboard Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 July 2022 | 31 January 2024 |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 45 Watt |
RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB has 28.6% lower power consumption.
Radeon 740M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB and Radeon 740M. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB is a notebook graphics card while Radeon 740M is a desktop one.
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