GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking732not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureVega (2017−2021)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2018 (6 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores3842048
Boost clock speed1100 MHz1155 MHz
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rateno data73.92

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x8
Lengthno data229 mm
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data64 Bit
Memory clock speedno data12 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memory-no data

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.3
CUDAno data8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 January 2018 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 30 Watt

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a desktop one.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
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