NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 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.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
- Around 67% higher core clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1500 MHz
- Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2640 MHz vs 1725 MHz
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
- Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 220 Watt
- Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
| Launch date | 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020 |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz vs 1500 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz vs 1725 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm vs 8 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt vs 220 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
- Around 50% higher texture fill rate: 317.4 GTexel/s vs 211.2 GTexel/s
- 2.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2560
| Texture fill rate | 317.4 GTexel/s vs 211.2 GTexel/s |
| Pipelines | 5888 vs 2560 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 22253 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 999 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 123479 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 453.922 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 5803.174 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 40.757 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 182.055 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 1664.554 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 31716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 13566 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 31930 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 31716 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 13566 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 31930 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 3163 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Code name | AD106 | GA104 |
| Launch date | 2023 | 1 Sep 2020 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 44 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2640 MHz | 1725 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 2505 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 8 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 211.2 GFLOPS (1:64) | 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 13.52 TFLOPS (1:1) | 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 13.52 TFLOPS | 20.31 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 5888 |
| Pixel fill rate | 84.48 GPixel/s | 165.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 211.2 GTexel/s | 317.4 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 150 Watt | 220 Watt |
| Transistor count | 17400 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 450 Watt | 550 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Height | 112 mm (4.4 inches) | |
| Length | 242 mm, 9.5 inches | |
| Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | |
API support |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 288.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
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