Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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
186
129
117
86
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
202
173
123
67
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
272
215
154
85
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
152
144
126
77
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
132
106
85
47
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
166
158
123
80
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
116
99
81
51
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
146
130
89
42
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
236
220
169
92
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High17993
1080p Ultra15374
1440p Ultra11953
4K Ultra7029
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy196308211
Solar Bay9648935563
Port Royal132614627
Fire Strike4789221866
Night Raid14378884235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur239.8 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection156.8 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.8 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection14.8 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.9 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.53 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching889.6 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics26054.6 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark1088630
DirectX 11223 fps130 fps
DirectX 12111 fps61 fps
GPU Compute15428 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase860.8 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.2 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex3834.2 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 26702 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.1 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6622.82946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 3, 2021 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA102 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 1199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1665 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 10240 2560
TMUs 320 80
ROPs 112 32
Execution Units 80 20
Ray Tracing Cores 80 20
Tensor Cores 320 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 533 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 350 W 35-140 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 384 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 8.6 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 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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