GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

AmpereGeForce RTX 30 SeriesLaptopDesktopGDDR62021Notebook OEM

Key Metrics

Architecture
Ampere
Launch Date
2021-05-11
CUDA Cores
2,048
Memory
4 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth
176 GB/s
TDP/TBP
35 W
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
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Why It Mattered

GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q matters as a mobile GeForce RTX 30 Series implementation from the Ampere generation around 2021. Laptop GPU names often hide large differences in power limits, cooling, memory, and OEM firmware, so tracking the exact variant explains why similarly named systems can perform differently.

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Sources

Sources reviewed: 2026-06-20

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Primary / manufacturer sources

  1. NVIDIA GeForce graphics card comparisonOfficial GeForce generation and feature contextOpen source

Independent reference sources

  1. TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

Derived datasets and spec dumps

  1. RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen data inventory used for bulk normalization and cross-checking Derived/spec-dump source. Treat as a reference dataset, not independent historical verification.Open source

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