GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh vs Radeon RX 6300 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 24GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release dateno data6 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 cores10242048
Core clock speedno data622 MHz
Boost clock speed2500 MHz990 MHz
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt75 Watt
Texture fill rate160.063.36
Floating-point processing power5.12 TFLOPS4.055 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs6464
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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x8
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed16 GB/s1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth128.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPortNo outputs
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 Model6.66.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 75 Watt

RX 6300 XT has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 33.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 6300 XT and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6300 XT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 6300 XT
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