Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 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
125
80
68
50
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High11893
1080p Ultra9774
1440p Ultra7253
4K Ultra4129
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy110838211
Solar Bay5000235563
Port Royal64584627
Fire Strike2767021866
Night Raid10044184235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur191.8 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark908630
DirectX 11157 fps130 fps
DirectX 1272 fps61 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase525.3 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex2729 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 23179.7 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.32946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2018 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 1515 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 2944 2560
TMUs 184 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 46 20
Ray Tracing Cores 46 20
Tensor Cores 368 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 109 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 215 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 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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