GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs RTX A2000 12 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking139not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation88.68no data
Power efficiency34.79no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA106AD107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date23 November 2021 (3 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$449 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 cores33282560
Core clock speed562 MHz1140 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1605 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate124.8128.4
Floating-point processing power7.987 TFLOPS8.218 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs10480
Tensor Cores10480
Ray Tracing Cores2620

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 4.0 x16
Length167 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneNone

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 amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth288.0 GB/s168.0 GB/s

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.68.9

Pros & cons summary


Recency 23 November 2021 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 35 Watt

RTX A2000 12 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050 Max-Q, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX A2000 12 GB and GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX A2000 12 GB is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA RTX A2000 12 GB
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