GeForce RTX 4050 vs GTX 485M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 485M SLI with GeForce RTX 4050, including specs and performance data.

GTX 485M SLI
2011
2x2 GB GDDR5, 100 Watt
9.18

RTX 4050 outperforms GTX 485M SLI by a whopping 308% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking474122
Place by popularitynot in top-10041
Power efficiency6.3525.90
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameN11E-GTX-A1AD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2011 (13 years 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 cores7682560
Core clock speed575 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2640 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology40 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt100 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).

Laptop sizelargeno data
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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2x2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz2250 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.

DirectX1112 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:

900p89
−293%
350−400
+293%
Full HD101
−296%
400−450
+296%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−286%
85−90
+286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−293%
110−120
+293%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−293%
240−250
+293%
Hitman 3 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−292%
200−210
+292%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−279%
110−120
+279%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−300%
120−130
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−293%
240−250
+293%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−286%
85−90
+286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Battlefield 5 27−30
−293%
110−120
+293%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−293%
240−250
+293%
Hitman 3 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−292%
200−210
+292%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−279%
110−120
+279%
Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−300%
120−130
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−300%
100−105
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−293%
240−250
+293%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
−286%
85−90
+286%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Cyberpunk 2077 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Far Cry 5 21−24
−305%
85−90
+305%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−293%
240−250
+293%
Hitman 3 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−292%
200−210
+292%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−33
−300%
120−130
+300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 24−27
−300%
100−105
+300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 60−65
−293%
240−250
+293%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 24−27
−285%
100−105
+285%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Far Cry 5 10−12
−264%
40−45
+264%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−285%
150−160
+285%
Hitman 3 12−14
−275%
45−50
+275%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Metro Exodus 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−12
−264%
40−45
+264%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−307%
240−250
+307%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−300%
60−65
+300%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Far Cry New Dawn 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%
Hitman 3 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−305%
150−160
+305%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−300%
24−27
+300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−300%
16−18
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−300%
4−5
+300%
Far Cry 5 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Forza Horizon 4 10−12
−264%
40−45
+264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Watch Dogs: Legion 3−4
−300%
12−14
+300%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 9−10
−289%
35−40
+289%

This is how GTX 485M SLI and RTX 4050 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 is 293% faster in 900p
  • RTX 4050 is 296% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 9.18 37.42
Chip lithography 40 nm 5 nm

RTX 4050 has a 307.6% higher aggregate performance score, and a 700% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4050 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 485M SLI in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 485M SLI is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop one.


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