GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1261not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency0.41no data
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameRV635GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date23 January 2008 (16 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 cores1202048
Core clock speed725 MHz622 MHz
Boost clock speedno data990 MHz
Number of transistors378 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology55 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate5.80063.36
Floating-point processing power0.174 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs864
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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).

InterfaceAGP 8xPCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsFloppyNone

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 typeDDR2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s144.0 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.1 (10_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.16.7
OpenGL3.34.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 January 2008 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 55 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 35 Watt

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB has an age advantage of 14 years, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 85.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 3650 AGP and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon HD 3650 AGP is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 6 GB is a notebook one.


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