NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Around 76% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

2.2x more core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 64% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 211.2 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Texture fill rate	211.2 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD107	AD106
Launch date	2023	2023
Place in performance rating	not rated	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1605 MHz	2640 MHz
Core clock speed	1140 MHz	2505 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	128.4 GFLOPS (1:64)	211.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.218 TFLOPS (1:1)	13.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.218 TFLOPS	13.52 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2560
Pixel fill rate	51.36 GPixel/s	84.48 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	128.4 GTexel/s	211.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	150 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	168.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6