GeForce RTX 4050 vs Arc 7-Core iGPU

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Arc 7-Core iGPU with GeForce RTX 4050, including specs and performance data.

Arc 7-Core iGPU
2023
17.51

RTX 4050 outperforms Arc 7-Core iGPU by a whopping 114% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking312123
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Power efficiencyno data25.69
ArchitectureXe LPG (2023)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameMeteor Lake iGPUAD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)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 cores72560
Core clock speedno data2505 MHz
Boost clock speed2200 MHz2640 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data100 Watt
Texture fill rateno data211.2
Floating-point processing powerno data13.52 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus widthno data96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data216.0 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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD35
−100%
70−75
+100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−105%
80−85
+105%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−96.4%
55−60
+96.4%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−96.4%
110−120
+96.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−100%
70−75
+100%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−113%
85−90
+113%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−111%
230−240
+111%
Hitman 3 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−112%
180−190
+112%
Metro Exodus 55−60
−103%
120−130
+103%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55−60
−96.4%
110−120
+96.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−102%
170−180
+102%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−105%
80−85
+105%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−96.4%
55−60
+96.4%
Battlefield 5 55−60
−96.4%
110−120
+96.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−100%
70−75
+100%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−113%
85−90
+113%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−111%
230−240
+111%
Hitman 3 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−112%
180−190
+112%
Metro Exodus 55−60
−103%
120−130
+103%
Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 54
−104%
110−120
+104%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
−113%
85−90
+113%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−102%
170−180
+102%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−105%
80−85
+105%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 27−30
−96.4%
55−60
+96.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−100%
70−75
+100%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−113%
85−90
+113%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
−111%
230−240
+111%
Hitman 3 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−112%
180−190
+112%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 44
−105%
90−95
+105%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 23
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 80−85
−102%
170−180
+102%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
−113%
100−105
+113%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−112%
55−60
+112%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−111%
40−45
+111%
Far Cry 5 20−22
−100%
40−45
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−104%
190−200
+104%
Hitman 3 20−22
−100%
40−45
+100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−100%
70−75
+100%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−110%
65−70
+110%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−112%
70−75
+112%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−111%
40−45
+111%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
−112%
220−230
+112%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 27−30
−96.4%
55−60
+96.4%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%
Hitman 3 12−14
−108%
27−30
+108%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85−90
−105%
180−190
+105%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−94.4%
35−40
+94.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−106%
35−40
+106%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−11
−110%
21−24
+110%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−100%
16−18
+100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
Far Cry 5 9−10
−100%
18−20
+100%
Forza Horizon 4 21−24
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18−20
−94.4%
35−40
+94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−100%
14−16
+100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−100%
30−33
+100%

This is how Arc 7-Core iGPU and RTX 4050 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 is 100% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 17.51 37.51

RTX 4050 has a 114.2% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 4050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Arc 7-Core iGPU in performance tests.

Be aware that Arc 7-Core iGPU is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop one.


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