GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs RTX 4050 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

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ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD107GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores25602048
Core clock speed1140 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed1605 MHz1155 MHz
Manufacturing process technology4 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate128.473.92
Floating-point processing power8.218 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs8064
Tensor Cores8064
Ray Tracing Cores2032

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth168.0 GB/s96 GB/s

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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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 Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 4050 Max-Q has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has 16.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.


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