GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs Quadro FX 550

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated121
Place by popularitynot in top-10041
Power efficiencyno data53.95
ArchitectureCurie (2003−2013)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNV43AD107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date20 April 2006 (18 years 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 coresno data2560
Core clock speed360 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1755 MHz
Number of transistors146 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology110 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)30 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate2.880140.4
Floating-point processing powerno data8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs432
TMUs880
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length198 mmno data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount128 MB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed400 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth12.8 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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-VideoPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX9.0c (9_3)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model3.06.7
OpenGL2.0 (full) 2.1 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.



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.

FX 550 63
RTX 4050 Mobile 14429
+22803%

Pros & cons summary


Recency 20 April 2006 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 128 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 110 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 30 Watt 50 Watt

FX 550 has 66.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 16 years, a 4700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2650% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Quadro FX 550 and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Quadro FX 550 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA Quadro FX 550
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