GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs Quadro RTX A6000

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking37not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10066
Cost-effectiveness evaluation10.31no data
Power efficiency13.60no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA102GA107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date5 October 2020 (4 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$4,649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores107522048
Core clock speed1410 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed1800 MHz1155 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate604.873.92
Floating-point processing power38.71 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs11232
TMUs33664
Tensor Cores33664
Ray Tracing Cores8432

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 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount48 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 GB/s96 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 Connectors4x DisplayPort 1.4a1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 5 October 2020 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 48 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 30 Watt

RTX A6000 has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 900% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Quadro RTX A6000 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro RTX A6000 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro RTX A6000
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