NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 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, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Around 80% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1468 MHz
899.1x more texture fill rate: 211.2 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 16 nm

Launch date	2023 vs 27 June 2017
Core clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz vs 1468 MHz
Texture fill rate	211.2 GTexel/s vs 234.9 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 16 nm

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

4.4x more memory clock speed: 10008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	10008 MHz vs 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
PassMark - G3D Mark		11422
PassMark - G2D Mark		717
Geekbench - OpenCL		48090
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3360
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		17105
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		5581
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3360
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6008

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Pascal
Code name	AD106	GP104
Launch date	2023	27 June 2017
Place in performance rating	not rated	183
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2640 MHz	1468 MHz
Core clock speed	2505 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	211.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	13.52 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.52 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2560
Pixel fill rate	84.48 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	211.2 GTexel/s	234.9 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	150 Watt
Floating-point performance		7,516 gflops
Transistor count		7,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
G-SYNC support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Recommended system power (PSU)	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	None
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	288.0 GB/s	320.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	10008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5X
Shared memory		0
Technologies
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
VR Ready