GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q vs Quadro FX 5600

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1062not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.56no data
ArchitectureTesla (2006−2010)Ampere (2020−2025)
GPU code nameG80GA107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date5 March 2007 (18 years ago)11 May 2021 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$2,999 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores1282560
Core clock speed600 MHz735 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1035 MHz
Number of transistors681 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology90 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)171 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate38.4082.80
Floating-point processing power0.3456 TFLOPS5.299 TFLOPS
ROPs2432
TMUs3280
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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length254 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth76.8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX11.1 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+8.6
DLSS-+

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 March 2007 11 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 90 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 171 Watt 75 Watt

RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q has an age advantage of 14 years, a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1025% more advanced lithography process, and 128% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 5600 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 5600 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Max-Q is a notebook one.

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