GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs RTX 4060

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 4060 with GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4060
2023
8 GB GDDR6, 115 Watt
51.51
+37.4%

RTX 4060 outperforms RTX 4050 Mobile by a substantial 37% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking51123
Place by popularity254
Cost-effectiveness evaluation100.00no data
Power efficiency30.7151.42
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD107AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date18 May 2023 (1 year ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$299 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 cores30722560
Core clock speed1830 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed2460 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors18,900 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)115 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate236.2140.4
Floating-point processing power15.11 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs9680
Tensor Cores9680
Ray Tracing Cores2420

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 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Length240 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2125 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth272.0 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 Model6.86.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

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 4060 51.51
+37.4%
RTX 4050 Mobile 37.50

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 4060 19850
+37.4%
RTX 4050 Mobile 14451

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 4060 38191
+25.4%
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 4060 107451
+25.4%
RTX 4050 Mobile 85660

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 4060 28111
+25.5%
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 4060 156140
+16.4%
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 4060 769721
+39.4%
RTX 4050 Mobile 552112

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 HD145
+52.6%
95
−52.6%
1440p77
+60.4%
48
−60.4%
4K44
+41.9%
31
−41.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.06no data
1440p3.88no data
4K6.80no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 139
+35%
103
−35%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+27.7%
80−85
−27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
−33%
117
+33%
Battlefield 5 160−170
+28.6%
120−130
−28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 107
+28.9%
83
−28.9%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+20%
85−90
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
+26.8%
95−100
−26.8%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+12%
190−200
−12%
Hitman 3 100−110
+30.1%
80−85
−30.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+22.1%
160−170
−22.1%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+17.6%
120−130
−17.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
+17.6%
90−95
−17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 190−200
+37.8%
140−150
−37.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+10.9%
120−130
−10.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+27.7%
80−85
−27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
−4.5%
92
+4.5%
Battlefield 5 160−170
+28.6%
120−130
−28.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 90
+26.8%
71
−26.8%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+20%
85−90
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 120−130
+26.8%
95−100
−26.8%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+12%
190−200
−12%
Hitman 3 100−110
+30.1%
80−85
−30.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+22.1%
160−170
−22.1%
Metro Exodus 140−150
+17.6%
120−130
−17.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
+17.6%
90−95
−17.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 217
+29.2%
168
−29.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 100−110
+29.6%
80−85
−29.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+10.9%
120−130
−10.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+27.7%
80−85
−27.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 85−90
+25.7%
70
−25.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
+25.3%
75−80
−25.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 80
+23.1%
65
−23.1%
Far Cry 5 100−110
+20%
85−90
−20%
Forza Horizon 4 210−220
+12%
190−200
−12%
Hitman 3 100−110
+30.1%
80−85
−30.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
+22.1%
160−170
−22.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 190
+31%
145
−31%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 112
+40%
80
−40%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
+173%
52
−173%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
+17.6%
90−95
−17.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 100−110
+38.7%
75−80
−38.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 75−80
+30%
60−65
−30%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+35.7%
40−45
−35.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
+39.5%
40−45
−39.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 60−65
+30.4%
45−50
−30.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 48
+33.3%
36
−33.3%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+31.1%
45−50
−31.1%
Forza Horizon 4 260−270
+18.2%
220−230
−18.2%
Hitman 3 70−75
+37.3%
50−55
−37.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+37.6%
85−90
−37.6%
Metro Exodus 111
+52.1%
70−75
−52.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 129
+53.6%
84
−53.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80−85
+37.3%
59
−37.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 210−220
+14.1%
190−200
−14.1%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 85−90
+31.3%
65−70
−31.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 50−55
+38.5%
35−40
−38.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 45−50
+39.4%
30−35
−39.4%
Hitman 3 40−45
+31.3%
30−35
−31.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
+14.9%
180−190
−14.9%
Metro Exodus 70−75
+40%
50−55
−40%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 68
+44.7%
47
−44.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+42.3%
24−27
−42.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 35−40
+45.8%
24−27
−45.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+40%
24−27
−40%
Cyberpunk 2077 20
+11.1%
18
−11.1%
Far Cry 5 30−35
+39.1%
21−24
−39.1%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+37%
50−55
−37%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 70
+32.1%
53
−32.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 27−30
+7.7%
26
−7.7%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 45−50
+37.1%
35−40
−37.1%

This is how RTX 4060 and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is 53% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4060 is 60% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4060 is 42% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4060 is 173% faster.
  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4050 Mobile is 33% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 4060 is ahead in 70 tests (97%)
  • RTX 4050 Mobile is ahead in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 51.51 37.50
Recency 18 May 2023 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 115 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 4060 has a 37.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, and a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process, and 130% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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