GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q vs RTX 4070

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking20not rated
Place by popularity3279
Cost-effectiveness evaluation60.23no data
Power efficiency23.96no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD104GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 April 2023 (1 year ago)17 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 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 cores58882048
Core clock speed1920 MHz832 MHz
Boost clock speed2475 MHz1155 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology5 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)200 Watt30 Watt
Texture fill rate455.473.92
Floating-point processing power29.15 TFLOPS4.731 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs18464
Tensor Cores18464
Ray Tracing Cores4632

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
Length240 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/s96 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 1.4a1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
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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 12 April 2023 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 200 Watt 30 Watt

RTX 4070 has an age advantage of 1 year, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 2050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has 566.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4070 and GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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