Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
25
13
10
n/a
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
21
17
12
n/a
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
41
20
19
n/a
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
26
26
18
9
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
17
11
10
n/a
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
28
22
16
11
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
24
21
14
n/a
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High2393
1080p Ultra1674
1440p Ultra1253
4K Ultra-29
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
1823
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy20928211
Solar Bayn/a35563
Port Royaln/a4627
Fire Strike652121866
Night Raid2808884235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
22121
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur54.1 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection25.9 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.9 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.31 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.4 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching70.1 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2008.1 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
4463
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark292630
DirectX 1135 fps130 fps
DirectX 1219 fps61 fps
GPU Compute1813 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
29.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)166.7 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase150.1 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)134.4 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex643.6 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 2622.1 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2202.8 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation730.82946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2017 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Pascal Ada Lovelace
Codename GP107 (N17P-G0) AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 1354 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1493 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 640 2560
TMUs 40 80
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 5 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 24 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 60 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 55 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Max temperature 97 °C n/a
Transistor Size 132 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 3.3 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 25 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1752 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7008 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
112.1 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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