GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile vs Quadro RTX 4000

Place in the ranking	105	342
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	36.40	no data
Power efficiency	17.22	14.21
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code name	TU104	GP107
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	13 November 2018 (5 years ago)	3 January 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	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 cores	2304	768
Core clock speed	1005 MHz	1493 MHz
Boost clock speed	1545 MHz	1620 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	3,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	75 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	no data	97 °C
Texture fill rate	222.5	77.76
Floating-point processing power	7.119 TFLOPS	2.488 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	32
TMUs	144	48
Tensor Cores	288	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	36	no data

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 size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	241 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1625 MHz	7 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	416.0 GB/s	112 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 Connectors	3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	No outputs
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

Ansel

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 (12_1)
Shader Model	6.5	6.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	1.2
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2.131
CUDA	7.5	+

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 HD	140−150 +150%	56 −150%
1440p	60−65 +140%	25 −140%
4K	40−45 +135%	17 −135%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	6.42	no data
1440p	14.98	no data
4K	22.48	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	43 +0%	43 +0%
Battlefield 5	59 +0%	59 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	47 +0%	47 +0%
Far Cry 5	47 +0%	47 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 +0%	46 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	62 +0%	62 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	33 +0%	33 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	39 +0%	39 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	37 +0%	37 +0%
Battlefield 5	49 +0%	49 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	33 +0%	33 +0%
Far Cry 5	44 +0%	44 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	42 +0%	42 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	57 +0%	57 +0%
Metro Exodus	19 +0%	19 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	33 +0%	33 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	47 +0%	47 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	23 +0%	23 +0%
Battlefield 5	42 +0%	42 +0%
Far Cry 5	40 +0%	40 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 +0%	38 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	43 +0%	43 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	26 +0%	26 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21 +0%	21 +0%
Metro Exodus	12 +0%	12 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	17 +0%	17 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Battlefield 5	29 +0%	29 +0%
Far Cry 5	26 +0%	26 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	27 +0%	27 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4 +0%	4 +0%
Metro Exodus	7 +0%	7 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	8 +0%	8 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	17 +0%	17 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Battlefield 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Far Cry 5	12 +0%	12 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	13 +0%	13 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%

This is how RTX 4000 and GTX 1050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 is 150% faster in 1080p
RTX 4000 is 140% faster in 1440p
RTX 4000 is 135% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

there's a draw in 43 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.78	15.39
Recency	13 November 2018	3 January 2017
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	160 Watt	75 Watt

RTX 4000 has a 158.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 16.7% more advanced lithography process.

GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has 113.3% lower power consumption.

The Quadro RTX 4000 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Quadro RTX 4000 is a workstation card while GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.