NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 98% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 735 MHz
  • Around 63% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1080 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 45% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 626 vs 580
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14425 vs 13843
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 2 Apr 2020
Core clock speed 1455 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed 1755 MHz vs 1080 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 12 nm
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 vs 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 14425 vs 13843

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

  • Around 48% higher texture fill rate: 207.4 GTexel/s vs 140.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 20% higher pipelines: 3072 vs 2560
  • Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 27% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 93962 vs 73818
  • Around 4% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 8567 vs 8225
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 207.4 GTexel/s vs 140.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3072 vs 2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 115 Watt
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL 93962 vs 73818
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8567 vs 8225

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
626
580
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
14425
13843
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
73818
93962
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
8225
8567
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark 626 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 14425 13843
Geekbench - OpenCL 73818 93962
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 8225 8567
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20344
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8912
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3355

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Code name AD107 TU104B
Launch date 2023 2 Apr 2020
Place in performance rating 138 140
Type Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1755 MHz 1080 MHz
Core clock speed 1455 MHz 735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 140.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 207.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.986 TFLOPS (1:1) 13.27 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.986 TFLOPS 6.636 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2560 3072
Pixel fill rate 56.16 GPixel/s 69.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 140.4 GTexel/s 207.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 Watt 80 Watt
Transistor count 13600 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None None
Width Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 192.0 GB/s 352.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1375 MHz (11000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6