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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q

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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q (for laptops, GN20-E5 Max-Q) is the former name for a RTX 3070 Laptop GPU with Max-Q technologies. In previous generations, the Max-Q name was used for low power versions. With the RTX 3000 series, every TGP-version can now use Max-Q technologies and all GPUs are called RTX 3070 Laptop GPU (80 - 125W).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU

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The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU (mobile, GN20-P0-R, 2023 Refresh) is the refresh of the RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU (slowest RTX 3000 mobile card) and also based on the GA107 Ampere chip. The 6GB variant offers more CUDA cores (2,560, +25%) but a cut down memory bus to 96 Bit. The clock speed depends on the TGP variant and can range from 713 - 1530 (base) and 1058 - 1740 (boost) for the TGP variants of 35 to 80 Watt (see table below).

The performance is between the old 4GB RTX 3050 and the RTX 3050 Ti and therefore best suited for full HD gaming (1920 x 1080) in medium to high graphic settings. The performance is not sufficient to enable Raytracing in most games, but the Tensor cores can be used for DLSS in some games (and get performance boost with slight quality reduction). Beware, that the low TGP variants will offer a significantly lower performance.

The GA107 chip offers 3,072 FP32 ALUs of which half can also execute INT32 instructions (i.e. 1,536 INT32 ALUs). The RTX 3050 however maybe won't use all ALUs on the chip. With Turing all shaders could still execute FP32 or INT32 instructions. The raytracing and tensor cores on the chip were also improved according to Nvidia. The Ampere chips also include an improved 5th generation video encoder (NVENC for H.264 and H.265) and a 7th generation decoder (for various formats now including AV1).

The GA107 chip is manufactured by Samsung in 8nm (8N), which is not quite able to keep up with the 7nm node at TSMC (e.g. used by AMD and also for the professional GA100 Ampere chip).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-QNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
GeForce RTX 3000 Series
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti compare 10752 @ 1.56 - 1.86 GHz384 Bit @ 21000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 compare 10496 @ 1.4 - 1.7 GHz384 Bit @ 19500 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti compare 10240 @ 1.37 - 1.67 GHz384 Bit @ 19000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB compare 8960/ cores @ 1.26 - 1.71 GHz384 Bit @ 19000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 compare 8704 @ 1.45 - 1.71 GHz320 Bit @ 19000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti compare 6144 @ 1.58 - 1.77 GHz256 Bit @ 19000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU compare 7424 @ 0.98 - 1.59 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 compare 5888 @ 1.5 - 1.73 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU compare 6144 @ 0.78 - 1.25 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti compare 4864 @ 1.41 - 1.67 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU compare 5888 @ 0.92 - 1.48 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU compare 5120 @ 0.78 - 1.29 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q compare 6144 @ 0.78 - 1.25 GHz256 Bit @ 6000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 compare 3584 @ 1.32 - 1.78 GHz192 Bit @ 15000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q 5120 @ 1.29 GHz256 Bit
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU compare 3840 @ 0.82 - 1.7 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q compare 3840 @ 1.28 GHz192 Bit
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 compare 2560 @ 1.55 - 1.78 GHz128 Bit Bit @ 1750 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU compare 2560 @ 1.22 - 1.49 GHz128 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU 2560 @ 1.24 - 1.49 GHz96 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU compare 2048 @ 1.24 - 1.5 GHz128 Bit @ 12000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti compare 10752 @ 1.56 - 1.86 GHz384 Bit @ 21000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 compare 10496 @ 1.4 - 1.7 GHz384 Bit @ 19500 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti compare 10240 @ 1.37 - 1.67 GHz384 Bit @ 19000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB compare 8960/ cores @ 1.26 - 1.71 GHz384 Bit @ 19000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 compare 8704 @ 1.45 - 1.71 GHz320 Bit @ 19000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti compare 6144 @ 1.58 - 1.77 GHz256 Bit @ 19000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU compare 7424 @ 0.98 - 1.59 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 compare 5888 @ 1.5 - 1.73 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU compare 6144 @ 0.78 - 1.25 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti compare 4864 @ 1.41 - 1.67 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU compare 5888 @ 0.92 - 1.48 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU compare 5120 @ 0.78 - 1.29 GHz256 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q compare 6144 @ 0.78 - 1.25 GHz256 Bit @ 6000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 compare 3584 @ 1.32 - 1.78 GHz192 Bit @ 15000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q 5120 @ 1.29 GHz256 Bit
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU compare 3840 @ 0.82 - 1.7 GHz192 Bit @ 14000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q compare 3840 @ 1.28 GHz192 Bit
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 compare 2560 @ 1.55 - 1.78 GHz128 Bit Bit @ 1750 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU compare 2560 @ 1.22 - 1.49 GHz128 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU 2560 @ 1.24 - 1.49 GHz96 Bit @ 12000 MHz
GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU compare 2048 @ 1.24 - 1.5 GHz128 Bit @ 12000 MHz
CodenameGN20-E5 GA104GN20-P0-R 6GB
ArchitectureAmpereAmpere
Pipelines5120 - unified2560 - unified
Core Speed1290 (Boost) MHz1237 - 1492 (Boost) MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Max. Amount of Memory8 GB6 GB
Shared Memorynono
APIDirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6DirectX 12_2, Shader 6.7, OpenGL 4.6
Power Consumption80 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
technology8 nm8 nm
Notebook Sizelargelarge
Date of Announcement04.01.2021 06.01.2023
TMUs80
ROPs32
Raytracing Cores16
Tensor / AI Cores64
Memory Speed12000 effective = 1500 MHz
Memory Bandwidth144 GB/s
PCIe4.0
DisplaysHDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
FeaturesNVIDIA DLSS, NVIDIA Reflex, Resizable BAR, NVIDIA Broadcast, NVIDIA Ansel, NVIDIA ShadowPlay, NVIDIA G-SYNC, Advanced Optimus, Nvidia Max-Q, Dynamic Boost
PredecessorGeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy - GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
5.5 pt (16%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Score
min: 4933     avg: 5058     median: 5057.5 (15%)     max: 5182 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 4501     avg: 4661     median: 4660.5 (12%)     max: 4820 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
500518 Points (57%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
80214 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Score
43015 Points (46%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Graphics
72486 Points (19%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 10765     avg: 10995     median: 10890 (19%)     max: 11330 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 11887     avg: 12155     median: 11960 (14%)     max: 12618 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Graphics
80553 Points (10%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
8916 Points (10%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Score
min: 15844     avg: 16783     median: 17223 (24%)     max: 17282 Points
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance GPU
min: 15860     avg: 17113     median: 17421 (15%)     max: 18059 Points
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom CUDA *
min: 107     avg: 110.7     median: 110 (16%)     max: 115 Seconds
Blender - Blender 3.3 Classroom OPTIX *
min: 68     avg: 69.3     median: 68 (25%)     max: 72 Seconds
Cinebench R15
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64 Bit
min: 117.6     avg: 186.5     median: 221 (13%)     max: 221 fps
Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 OpenGL Ref. Match 64 Bit
99.6 % (100%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
min: 104.6     avg: 166.1     median: 104.6 (1%)     max: 289 fps
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official High Offscreen 2160
3.6 fps (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
min: 52427     avg: 53591     median: 53590.5 (16%)     max: 54754 Points
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
min: 18152     avg: 19500     median: 19499.5 (6%)     max: 20847 Points
Power Consumption - Furmark Stress Test Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 79.4     avg: 87.6     median: 87.3 (12%)     max: 96.1 Watt
Power Consumption - The Witcher 3 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 83     avg: 87.2     median: 86.1 (12%)     max: 92.6 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 Power Consumption *
min: 86.8     avg: 90.8     median: 89.5 (20%)     max: 96.2 Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency
min: 0.503     avg: 0.5     median: 0.5 (52%)     max: 0.591 fps per Watt
Power Consumption - Witcher 3 ultra Power Efficiency - external Monitor
min: 0.527     avg: 0.6     median: 0.5 (45%)     max: 0.614 fps per Watt
Emissions Witcher 3 Fan Noise + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
Emissions - Witcher 3 Fan Noise
min: 42.1     avg: 44.9     median: 43.8 (70%)     max: 48.7 dB(A)

Average Benchmarks NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU → 0% n=

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

Avatar Frontiers of Pandora

Avatar Frontiers of Pandora

2023
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
39.5  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
36.3  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
31.5  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
23.4  fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
15.1  fps
Assassin's Creed Mirage

Assassin's Creed Mirage

2023
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
70  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
63  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
55  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
41  fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
31  fps
Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty

Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty

2023
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
55.2 67.6 ~ 61 fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
43.7 52.1 ~ 48 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
36.6 43.2 ~ 40 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
31.4 36.9 ~ 34 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
21.3  fps
F1 23

F1 23

2023
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
113.9 150.1 ~ 132 fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
109 141.2 ~ 125 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
86.9 97.5 ~ 92 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
20.5 26 ~ 23 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
10.6 14.3 ~ 12 fps
Returnal

Returnal

2023
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
40  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
38  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
34  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
29  fps
F1 22

F1 22

2022
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
110.9 150.2 163.5 ~ 142 fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
106.1 145.3 151.5 ~ 134 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
85.5 109.5 109.7 ~ 102 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
30.7 33.6 34 ~ 33 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
18.1 20.1 ~ 19 fps
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
113.3  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
89.7  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
59.2  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
46.4  fps
low 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
80.8  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
64.2  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
46.4  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
38.5  fps
F1 2021

F1 2021

2021
low 1280x720
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
218  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
127.4  fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
104.8  fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
61.9  fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
40  fps
Strange Brigade

Strange Brigade

2018
low 1280x720
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
210 256 ~ 233 fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
96.5 112.8 ~ 105 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
80.9 91.9 ~ 86 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
70.7 80.5 ~ 76 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
57.1  fps
Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

2018
low 1280x720
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
132  fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
76 89 ~ 83 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
70 82 ~ 76 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
65 76 ~ 71 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
52  fps
low 1280x720
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
86.7 140.6 144.7 ~ 124 fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
76 116.2 117 ~ 103 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
61.6 97.1 97.3 ~ 85 fps
low 1280x720
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
111.6 128.2 128.5 ~ 123 fps
med. 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
59.9 70.3 70.9 ~ 67 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
44.2 51.2 52 ~ 49 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
32 37.4 ~ 35 fps
low 1280x720
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
117.3 152.8 155.2 ~ 142 fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
112.6 131 137.8 ~ 127 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
104.4 112.6 124.2 ~ 114 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
98 99.5 116.9 ~ 105 fps
low 1024x768
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
187 236 244 ~ 222 fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
118 159.1 ~ 139 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
71 91.4 96.5 ~ 86 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
43.7 50.1 52.9 ~ 49 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
37  fps
GTA V

GTA V

2015
low 1024x768
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
163.4 177.9 178.2 ~ 173 fps
med. 1366x768
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
172 172.6 ~ 172 fps
high 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
95.3 119.5 123.3 ~ 113 fps
ultra 1920x1080
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
53 62.7 63.8 ~ 60 fps
QHD 2560x1440
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU:
36.5 42.7 ~ 40 fps
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPUlowmed.highultraQHD4K
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora39.536.331.523.415.1
Assassin's Creed Mirage7063554131
Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty6148403421.3
F1 23132125922312
Returnal40383429
F1 221421341023319
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands113.389.759.246.4
Cyberpunk 2077 1.680.864.246.438.5
F1 2021218127.4104.861.940
Strange Brigade233105867657.1
Far Cry 513283767152
X-Plane 11.1112410385
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark123674935
Dota 2 Reborn142127114105
The Witcher 3222139864937
GTA V1731721136040
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