NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop 120W

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop 120W
2560 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1605MHz
6144 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
1575MHz
FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
19.35 TFLOPS
FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
FP16
19.35 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
35W
TDP
120W
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 122,710
40%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 186,310
78%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 95,215
46%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 395
52%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 40
Family
GeForce 30
Codename
NV187
AD107
Variant
GN21-X2
Codename
NV174
GA104
Variant
GN20-E7
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
2/22/2023
Release Date
1/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
159 mm²
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Die Size
393 mm²
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Transistor Count
18.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
17.2 Billion
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Transistor Density
118.87M/mm²
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Transistor Density
43.82M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
6144 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
192 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
96 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
192 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
48 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
48 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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1140MHz Base
1605MHz
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1155MHz Base
1575MHz
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FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
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FP16
19.35 TFLOPS
77.41 TFLOPS Tensor
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FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
19.35 TFLOPS
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TF32
38.71 TFLOPS
FP64
0.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.3 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
19 TOPS
Ray Tracing
37.8 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
51.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
151.2 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
128.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
302.4 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
12MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
448GB/s
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TDP
35W
TDP
120W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 5
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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