GeForce RTX 4050 vs Iris Xe Graphics G4

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated124
Place by popularitynot in top-10045
Power efficiencyno data25.70
ArchitectureGeneration 12.1 (2020−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTiger Lake GT2AD107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date2 September 2020 (4 years ago)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 cores3842560
Core clock speed300 MHz2505 MHz
Boost clock speed1100 MHz2640 MHz
Number of transistorsno data18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology10 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt100 Watt
Texture fill rate26.40211.2
Floating-point processing power0.8448 TFLOPS13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs1232
TMUs2480
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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 3.0 x1PCIe 4.0 x8
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 12-pin

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 typeSystem SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared6 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared96 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data216.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Quick Sync+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.9

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 10 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 100 Watt

Iris Xe Graphics G4 has 566.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Iris Xe Graphics G4 and GeForce RTX 4050. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Iris Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop one.


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