GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GTX 280M

Place in the ranking	984	300
Place by popularity	not in top-100	17
Power efficiency	1.38	28.67
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	G92	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 March 2009 (15 years ago)	17 December 2021 (3 years 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 cores	128	2048
Core clock speed	585 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	754 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	37.44	94.53
Floating-point processing power	0.3745 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	562	no data
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	64	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-IV	PCIe 3.0 x8
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 950 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	61 GB/s	112.0 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 Connectors	HDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIDisplayPortLVDSVGA	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	-	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management	8.0	no data
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.6

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.

GTX 280M 1.50

RTX 2050 Mobile 18.74
+1149%

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.

GTX 280M 6672

RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+602%

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 HD	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
1440p	2−3 −1550%	33 +1550%
4K	2−3 −1150%	25 +1150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −260%	36 +260%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −880%	49 +880%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2900%	60−65 +2900%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −200%	30 +200%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −320%	21 +320%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −744%	76 +744%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −5000%	50−55 +5000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −529%	40−45 +529%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2900%	60−65 +2900%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −170%	27 +170%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −200%	15 +200%
Dota 2	2−3 −4150%	85 +4150%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −536%	70 +536%
Fortnite	7−8 −1329%	100−105 +1329%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −600%	63 +600%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −3350%	69 +3350%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −5000%	50−55 +5000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 −700%	120−130 +700%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −529%	40−45 +529%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	7−8 −729%	55−60 +729%
World of Tanks	30−35 −619%	220−230 +619%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2900%	60−65 +2900%
Counter-Strike 2	10−11 −230%	30−35 +230%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −160%	13 +160%
Dota 2	2−3 −5400%	110 +5400%
Far Cry 5	10−12 −482%	60−65 +482%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −522%	56 +522%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	16−18 −700%	120−130 +700%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	9−10 −1767%	160−170 +1767%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	16−18
World of Tanks	9−10 −1322%	120−130 +1322%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −420%	24−27 +420%
Valorant	7−8 −586%	45−50 +586%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Dota 2	16−18 −100%	30−35 +100%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −113%	30−35 +113%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	4−5 −1300%	55−60 +1300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	12−14
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −113%	30−35 +113%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −1700%	18−20 +1700%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −125%	18−20 +125%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −200%	6−7 +200%
Dota 2	16−18 −113%	34 +113%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2300%	24−27 +2300%
Valorant	1−2 −2100%	21−24 +2100%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Valorant	87 +0%	87 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Forza Horizon 5	50−55 +0%	50−55 +0%
Valorant	43 +0%	43 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 5	33 +0%	33 +0%
Valorant	75−80 +0%	75−80 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	37 +0%	37 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	37 +0%	37 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	47 +0%	47 +0%
Metro Exodus	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus

14−16

+0%

14−16

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Fortnite	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

This is how GTX 280M and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 1300% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 1550% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 1150% faster in 4K

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

in Dota 2, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 5400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 47 tests (76%)
there's a draw in 15 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.50	18.74
Recency	3 March 2009	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	65 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	75 Watt	45 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has a 1149.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 712.5% more advanced lithography process, and 66.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 280M in performance tests.

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