GeForce RTX 4090 vs RTX 2050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	298	1
Place by popularity	17	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.56
Power efficiency	28.67	15.30
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA107	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	17 December 2021 (3 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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	2048	16384
Core clock speed	1185 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1477 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.53	1,290
Floating-point processing power	6.05 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	176
TMUs	64	512
Tensor Cores	256	512
Ray Tracing Cores	32	128

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	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	1.01 TB/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	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	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.

RTX 2050 Mobile 18.74

RTX 4090 100.00
+434%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2050 Mobile 12495

RTX 4090 104598
+737%

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.

RTX 2050 Mobile 46821

RTX 4090 137609
+194%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2050 Mobile 8965

RTX 4090 73447
+719%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2050 Mobile 58257

RTX 4090 260357
+347%

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	42 −514%	258 +514%
1440p	33 −497%	197 +497%
4K	25 −472%	143 +472%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	6.20
1440p	no data	8.12
4K	no data	11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	36 −489%	212 +489%
Cyberpunk 2077	49 −359%	225 +359%
Elden Ring	43 −479%	249 +479%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −95%	110−120 +95%
Counter-Strike 2	30 −617%	215 +617%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 −429%	111 +429%
Forza Horizon 4	76 −630%	555 +630%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −249%	178 +249%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −255%	150−160 +255%
Valorant	87 −849%	826 +849%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −95%	110−120 +95%
Counter-Strike 2	27 −637%	199 +637%
Cyberpunk 2077	15 −613%	107 +613%
Dota 2	85 −135%	200 +135%
Elden Ring	59 −693%	468 +693%
Far Cry 5	70 −113%	149 +113%
Fortnite	100−105 −208%	300−350 +208%
Forza Horizon 4	63 −770%	548 +770%
Grand Theft Auto V	69 −152%	174 +152%
Metro Exodus	50−55 −259%	183 +259%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 −68%	210−220 +68%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 −255%	150−160 +255%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −200%	170−180 +200%
Valorant	43 −1702%	750−800 +1702%
World of Tanks	220−230 −25.1%	270−280 +25.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	60−65 −95%	110−120 +95%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 −461%	185 +461%
Cyberpunk 2077	13 −708%	105 +708%
Dota 2	110 −104%	224 +104%
Far Cry 5	60−65 −234%	210−220 +234%
Forza Horizon 4	56 −871%	544 +871%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	120−130 −68%	210−220 +68%
Valorant	75−80 −795%	680 +795%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	37 −338%	162 +338%
Elden Ring	30−35 −1006%	343 +1006%
Grand Theft Auto V	37 −335%	161 +335%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	160−170 −4.8%	170−180 +4.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −447%	90−95 +447%
World of Tanks	120−130 −303%	500−550 +303%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −129%	85−90 +129%
Counter-Strike 2	16−18 −850%	152 +850%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −413%	77 +413%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −227%	160−170 +227%
Forza Horizon 4	47 −979%	507 +979%
Metro Exodus	40−45 −262%	152 +262%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24−27 −948%	262 +948%
Valorant	45−50 −1092%	572 +1092%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −1007%	166 +1007%
Dota 2	30−35 −484%	187 +484%
Elden Ring	12−14 −1423%	198 +1423%
Grand Theft Auto V	30−35 −484%	187 +484%
Metro Exodus	14−16 −879%	137 +879%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	55−60 −273%	200−210 +273%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −433%	60−65 +433%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	30−35 −484%	187 +484%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −406%	90−95 +406%
Counter-Strike 2	14−16 −900%	150−160 +900%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −700%	40 +700%
Dota 2	34 −568%	227 +568%
Far Cry 5	24−27 −338%	100−110 +338%
Fortnite	21−24 −336%	95−100 +336%
Forza Horizon 4	27−30 −952%	284 +952%
Valorant	21−24 −1555%	364 +1555%

This is how RTX 2050 Mobile and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 514% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 497% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 472% faster in 4K

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

in Valorant, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 4090 is 1702% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4090 surpassed RTX 2050 Mobile in all 63 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.74	100.00
Recency	17 December 2021	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	450 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has 900% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 433.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 9 months, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.

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