GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q vs RTX 4050

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking124not rated
Place by popularity45not in top-100
Power efficiency25.70no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD107AD103
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2023 (1 year ago)3 January 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 cores25609728
Core clock speed2505 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed2640 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors18,900 million45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt80 Watt
Texture fill rate211.2442.3
Floating-point processing power13.52 TFLOPS28.31 TFLOPS
ROPs32112
TMUs80304
Tensor Cores120304
Ray Tracing Cores1876

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinNone

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 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.0 GB/s448.0 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 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 Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 80 Watt

RTX 4090 Max-Q has a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 25% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4050 and GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4090 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
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