GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh vs Switch GPU
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | GM20B | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 17 March 2017 (8 years ago) | 6 July 2022 (3 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 | 256 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 384 MHz | 622 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 768 MHz | 990 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 2,000 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.29 | 63.36 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3932 TFLOPS | 4.055 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 8 | 32 |
| TMUs | 16 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 16 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 2 MB |
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).
| Interface | IGP | 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 | DDR4 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1600 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 144.0 GB/s |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.2 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.126 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 5.3 | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 17 March 2017 | 6 July 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Chip lithography | 20 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 75 Watt |
Switch GPU has 400% lower power consumption.
RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 150% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Switch GPU and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh. We've got no test results to judge.
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