Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 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
99
62
49
35
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High8693
1080p Ultra6974
1440p Ultra5053
4K Ultra2829
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy75718211
Solar Bay3417935563
Port Royal41344627
Fire Strike1976821866
Night Raid8491884235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur144.4 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark747630
DirectX 11110 fps130 fps
DirectX 1253 fps61 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase423 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.12946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU106 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2560
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 20
Ray Tracing Cores 30 20
Tensor Cores 240 80
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

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