GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 60W

GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 60W
2560 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1605MHz
3840 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1282MHz
FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
9.85 TFLOPS
FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
FP16
9.85 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
35W
TDP
60W
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 81,660
27%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA 95,385
40%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 59,025
29%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 250
33%
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
NV176
GA106
Variant
GN20-E3
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
2/22/2023
Release Date
2/25/2021
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
276 mm²
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Transistor Count
18.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
13.3 Billion
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Transistor Density
118.87M/mm²
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Transistor Density
48.01M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
3840 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
120 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
48 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
120 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
30 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
30 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
3 GPCs
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1140MHz Base
1605MHz
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817MHz Base
1282MHz
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FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
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FP16
9.85 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
9.85 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.15 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
13.5 TOPS Base Clock
19 TOPS
Ray Tracing
12.3 TOPS Base Clock
19.2 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
51.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
61.536 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
128.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
153.84 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
3MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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6GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
192Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
288GB/s
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TDP
35W
TDP
60W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
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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