Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 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
133
82
74
53
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
150
124
88
49
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
220
166
118
65
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
115
102
83
48
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
86
68
51
28
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
106
96
68
45
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
80
66
48
26
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
92
79
51
23
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
141
127
94
51
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High12593
1080p Ultra10174
1440p Ultra7553
4K Ultra4329
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy116238211
Solar Bay5223035563
Port Royal70014627
Fire Strike2877121866
Night Raid10785384235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur197.1 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection110.7 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.03 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.5 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.05 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.28 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching576.8 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15732.9 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark921630
DirectX 11164 fps130 fps
DirectX 1275 fps61 fps
GPU Compute8363 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)636.8 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase560.8 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)518.5 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex2788.7 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 23207.7 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2275.8 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3375.32946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 23, 2019 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU104 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1650 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1815 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 3072 2560
TMUs 192 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 48 20
Ray Tracing Cores 48 20
Tensor Cores 384 80
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 116 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 348 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.2 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1937 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15500 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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