GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs Quadro M1000M

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	528	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.88	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM107	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	2 October 2015 (8 years ago)	6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$200.89	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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	512	2048
Core clock speed	993 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	1072 MHz	990 MHz
Number of transistors	1,870 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	31.78	63.36
Floating-point processing power	1.017 gflops	4.055 gflops
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	64

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x8
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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB/4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	5000 MHz	12 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	144.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	Portable Device Dependent
Display Port	1.2	no data

Supported technologies

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

Optimus	+	-
3D Vision Pro	+	no data
Mosaic	+	no data
nView Display Management	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	+	1.3
CUDA	5.0	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	2 October 2015	6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB/4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	40 Watt	35 Watt

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