GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs A16 PCIe

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated123
Place by popularitynot in top-10052
Power efficiencyno data51.41
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107AD107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores25602560
Core clock speed885 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed1695 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors17,400 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate135.6140.4
Floating-point processing power8.678 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs8080
Tensor Cores8080
Ray Tracing Cores2020

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).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPSno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1812 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth231.9 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 April 2021 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 50 Watt

A16 PCIe has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between A16 PCIe and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that A16 PCIe is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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