GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs Quadro M2200

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	424	not rated
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	13.95	no data
Architecture	Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GM206	GA107
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	11 January 2017 (7 years ago)	6 July 2022 (2 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	1024	2048
Core clock speed	695 MHz	622 MHz
Boost clock speed	1036 MHz	990 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	35 Watt
Texture fill rate	66.30	63.36
Floating-point processing power	2.122 TFLOPS	4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	64	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1377 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	88 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 Stereo	+	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	6.4	6.7
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	5.2	8.6

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	11 January 2017	6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	55 Watt	35 Watt

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