NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 15% higher core clock speed: 1455 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 1755 MHz vs 1710 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
3x lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 68% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Launch date	2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1455 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

3.4x more texture fill rate: 478.8 GTexel/s vs 140.4 GTexel/s
3.5x more pipelines: 8960 vs 2560
2x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 6 GB
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1087 vs 630
Around 84% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26568 vs 14441
10.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18806 vs 1788

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	478.8 GTexel/s vs 140.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	8960 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1087 vs 630
PassMark - G3D Mark	26568 vs 14441
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806 vs 1788

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

630

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

14441

26568

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

1788

18806

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	630	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	14441	26568
Geekbench - OpenCL	74538
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1788	18806

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD107	GA102
Launch date	2023	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	167	5
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1755 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1455 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	140.4 GFLOPS (1:64)	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.986 TFLOPS (1:1)	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.986 TFLOPS	30.64 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	8960
Pixel fill rate	56.16 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	140.4 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count		28300 million
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 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
Length		285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		750 Watt
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X