RTX 2000 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated73
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data83.53
Power efficiencyno data45.43
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD107AD107
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date3 January 2023 (1 year ago)12 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$649

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 cores25602816
Core clock speed1140 MHz1620 MHz
Boost clock speed1605 MHz2130 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)35 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate128.4187.4
Floating-point processing power8.218 TFLOPS12 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs8088
Tensor Cores8088
Ray Tracing Cores2022

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 4.0 x8
Lengthno data168 mm
Widthno data2-slot
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 GB16 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth168.0 GB/s256.0 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 Dependent4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 January 2023 12 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 35 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 4050 Max-Q has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

RTX 2000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and RTX 2000 Ada Generation. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q is a notebook card while RTX 2000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
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