H800 SXM5 vs GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Hopper (2022−2023)
GPU code nameGA107GH100
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date6 July 2022 (2 years ago)21 March 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 cores204816896
Core clock speed622 MHz1095 MHz
Boost clock speed990 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistorsno data80,000 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt700 Watt
Texture fill rate63.36926.6
Floating-point processing power4.055 TFLOPS59.3 TFLOPS
ROPs3224
TMUs64528
Tensor Cores64528
Ray Tracing Cores16no data

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 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno dataSXM Module
Supplementary power connectorsNone8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6HBM3
Maximum RAM amount6 GB80 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit5120 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth144.0 GB/s1,681 GB/s

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 outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.6N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.69.0

Pros & cons summary


Recency 6 July 2022 21 March 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 80 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 700 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh has 833.3% lower power consumption.

H800 SXM5, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 8 months, a 1233.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh and H800 SXM5. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook card while H800 SXM5 is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh
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