GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs GT 1030 DDR4

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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
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP108AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 March 2018 (6 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$79 no data

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 cores3842560
Core clock speed1152 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed1379 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors1,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)20 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate33.10140.4
Floating-point processing power1.059 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs2480
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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x16
Length145 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR4GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1050 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth16.8 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno data-

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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMIPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA6.18.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 March 2018 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 20 Watt 50 Watt

GT 1030 DDR4 has 150% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is a desktop 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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NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
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