GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs 8700M GT SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce 8700M GT SLI and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

8700M GT SLI
2007
1 GB GDDR3, 58 Watt
0.79

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms 8700M GT SLI by a whopping 4634% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1146123
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Power efficiency0.9552.16
ArchitectureG8x (2007)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNB8E-SEAD107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date18 September 2007 (17 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 cores642560
Core clock speed625 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1755 MHz
Number of transistors578 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology80 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)58 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rateno data140.4
Floating-point processing powerno data8.986 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 sizelargelarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 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 dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX1012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

8700M GT SLI 0.79
RTX 4050 Mobile 37.40
+4634%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

8700M GT SLI 2196
RTX 4050 Mobile 85660
+3801%

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 HD2−3
−4700%
96
+4700%
1440p1−2
−4700%
48
+4700%
4K0−132

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−3333%
103
+3333%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−2533%
75−80
+2533%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2667%
83
+2667%
Far Cry 5 0−1 85−90
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−9600%
95−100
+9600%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1258%
160−170
+1258%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 90−95
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−2283%
140−150
+2283%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−2533%
75−80
+2533%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2267%
71
+2267%
Far Cry 5 0−1 85−90
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−9600%
95−100
+9600%
Hitman 3 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1258%
160−170
+1258%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 90−95
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−2700%
168
+2700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−710%
80−85
+710%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−2533%
75−80
+2533%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−2067%
65
+2067%
Far Cry 5 0−1 85−90
Hitman 3 5−6
−1560%
80−85
+1560%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−1258%
160−170
+1258%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 6−7
−2317%
145
+2317%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−11
−700%
80
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−67.7%
52
+67.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 90−95

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 0−1 75−80
Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−5900%
60−65
+5900%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 0−1 40−45
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−3500%
36
+3500%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4400%
45−50
+4400%
Hitman 3 7−8
−629%
50−55
+629%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−2025%
85−90
+2025%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 59
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−9500%
190−200
+9500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−2133%
65−70
+2133%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 30−35

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−2500%
24−27
+2500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 0−1 24−27
Far Cry 5 0−1 21−24

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−1650%
35−40
+1650%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 117
+0%
117
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 92
+0%
92
+0%
Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Metro Exodus 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 70
+0%
70
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+0%
45−50
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 220−230
+0%
220−230
+0%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 84
+0%
84
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Hitman 3 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 180−190
+0%
180−190
+0%
Metro Exodus 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 47
+0%
47
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 50−55
+0%
50−55
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 53
+0%
53
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 26
+0%
26
+0%

This is how 8700M GT SLI and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 4700% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 4700% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4050 Mobile is 9600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is ahead in 35 tests (58%)
  • there's a draw in 25 tests (42%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.79 37.40
Recency 18 September 2007 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 58 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 4050 Mobile has a 4634.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 1900% more advanced lithography process, and 16% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 8700M GT SLI in performance tests.


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