NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile

Around 22% higher core clock speed: 1395 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1695 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Around 90% higher texture fill rate: 244.1 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 4608 vs 2560
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1395 MHz vs 1140 MHz
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz vs 1605 MHz
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s vs 128.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2560
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Around 35% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 115 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
PassMark - G2D Mark	759
PassMark - G3D Mark	19586
Geekbench - OpenCL	109087
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2701
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	319.688
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	36.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	218.946
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	1585.54

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD106	AD107
Launch date	2023	2023
Place in performance rating	80	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1695 MHz	1605 MHz
Core clock speed	1395 MHz	1140 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	244.1 GFLOPS (1:64)	128.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS (1:1)	8.218 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	15.62 TFLOPS	8.218 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4608	2560
Pixel fill rate	81.36 GPixel/s	51.36 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	244.1 GTexel/s	128.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt	85 Watt
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
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	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	256.0 GB/s	168.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	96 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6