GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs RTX 3080 12 GB

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB with GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3080 12 GB
2022
12 GB GDDR6X, 350 Watt
69.14
+84.8%

RTX 3080 12 GB outperforms RTX 4050 Mobile by an impressive 85% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking25120
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Cost-effectiveness evaluation40.88no data
Power efficiency13.7452.03
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA102AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date11 January 2022 (2 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$799 no data

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 cores89602560
Core clock speed1260 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed1710 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate478.8140.4
Floating-point processing power30.64 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs9632
TMUs28080
Tensor Cores28080
Ray Tracing Cores7020

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 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno 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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1188 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

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 3080 12 GB 69.14
+84.8%
RTX 4050 Mobile 37.41

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3080 12 GB 26680
+84.8%
RTX 4050 Mobile 14435

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 3080 12 GB 217116
+613%
RTX 4050 Mobile 30465

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 3080 12 GB 44533
RTX 4050 Mobile 85660
+92.4%

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 3080 12 GB 35922
+60.4%
RTX 4050 Mobile 22400

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 3080 12 GB 549644
+310%
RTX 4050 Mobile 134084

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3080 12 GB 51
RTX 4050 Mobile 552112
+1086735%

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 HD190
+97.9%
96
−97.9%
1440p125
+145%
51
−145%
4K84
+171%
31
−171%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+30.1%
103
−30.1%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+71.1%
80−85
−71.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+6%
117
−6%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+75.4%
120−130
−75.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+50.6%
75−80
−50.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+61.4%
83
−61.4%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+37.6%
85−90
−37.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 160−170
+74.2%
95−100
−74.2%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+24.1%
190−200
−24.1%
Hitman 3 120−130
+55.4%
80−85
−55.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+54.6%
160−170
−54.6%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+24%
120−130
−24%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+33%
90−95
−33%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290−300
+103%
140−150
−103%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+18.8%
120−130
−18.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+71.1%
80−85
−71.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+34.8%
92
−34.8%
Battlefield 5 220−230
+75.4%
120−130
−75.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+50.6%
75−80
−50.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+88.7%
71
−88.7%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+37.6%
85−90
−37.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 160−170
+74.2%
95−100
−74.2%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+24.1%
190−200
−24.1%
Hitman 3 120−130
+55.4%
80−85
−55.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 250−260
+54.6%
160−170
−54.6%
Metro Exodus 150−160
+24%
120−130
−24%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+33%
90−95
−33%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 356
+112%
168
−112%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 140−150
+82.7%
80−85
−82.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
+18.8%
120−130
−18.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
+71.1%
80−85
−71.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+77.1%
70
−77.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+50.6%
75−80
−50.6%
Cyberpunk 2077 130−140
+106%
65
−106%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+37.6%
85−90
−37.6%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+24.1%
190−200
−24.1%
Hitman 3 120−130
+55.4%
80−85
−55.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 263
+61.3%
160−170
−61.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 314
+117%
145
−117%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 165
+106%
80
−106%
Watch Dogs: Legion 95
+82.7%
52
−82.7%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
+33%
90−95
−33%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
+120%
75−80
−120%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
+83.3%
60−65
−83.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
+92.9%
40−45
−92.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+105%
40−45
−105%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
+76.1%
45−50
−76.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 70−75
+103%
36
−103%
Far Cry 5 80−85
+80%
45−50
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+23.2%
220−230
−23.2%
Hitman 3 100−110
+98%
50−55
−98%
Horizon Zero Dawn 206
+142%
85−90
−142%
Metro Exodus 116
+58.9%
70−75
−58.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 236
+181%
84
−181%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 120−130
+110%
59
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 230−240
+24.5%
190−200
−24.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+70.1%
65−70
−70.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
+123%
35−40
−123%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
+109%
30−35
−109%
Hitman 3 78
+144%
30−35
−144%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+24.9%
180−190
−24.9%
Metro Exodus 100−110
+118%
50−55
−118%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 132
+181%
47
−181%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+119%
24−27
−119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 50−55
+125%
24−27
−125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
+104%
24−27
−104%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+88.9%
18
−88.9%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+117%
21−24
−117%
Forza Horizon 4 110−120
+120%
50−55
−120%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 142
+168%
53
−168%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55
+112%
26
−112%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 70−75
+111%
35−40
−111%

This is how RTX 3080 12 GB and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3080 12 GB is 98% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3080 12 GB is 145% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3080 12 GB is 171% faster in 4K

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

  • in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3080 12 GB is 181% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3080 12 GB surpassed RTX 4050 Mobile in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 69.14 37.41
Recency 11 January 2022 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 3080 12 GB has a 84.8% higher aggregate performance score, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 600% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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