AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 59% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1605 MHz
4.3x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Around 35% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 2560
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3456 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 10 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
2.9x lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 245 Watt

Launch date	2023 vs 25 Aug 2023
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	Navi 32	AD107
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	2023
Place in performance rating	53	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1605 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	3456	2560
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s	51.36 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	128.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	85 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		128.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		8.218 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		8.218 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	IGP
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	None
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	168.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	96 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6