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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop vs Apple A18 Pro GPU

33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
VS
28 out 100
Apple A18 Pro GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Apple A18 Pro GPU

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop, vs Apple A18 Pro GPU. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop and Apple A18 Pro GPU
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
vs
Apple A18 Pro GPU

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
106
65
53
35
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
115
92
65
34
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
167
123
90
42
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
86
80
61
33
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
63
53
35
18
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
75
65
45
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
60
47
33
20
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
64
56
34
15
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
98
89
62
33
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High93n/a
1080p Ultra74n/a
1440p Ultra53n/a
4K Ultra29n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Apple A18 Pro GPU
1795
Time Spy8211n/a
Solar Bay355637273
Port Royal4627n/a
Fire Strike21866n/a
Night Raid84235n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Apple A18 Pro GPU]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Apple A18 Pro GPU
31229
Background Blur141.4 frames/sn/a
Face Detection84.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.07 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.91 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.85 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.1 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching325.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics11008.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Apple A18 Pro GPU]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
Apple A18 Pro GPU
n/a
G2D Mark630n/a
DirectX 11130 fpsn/a
DirectX 1261 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5961 Ops/sn/a
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Apple A18 Pro GPU
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)597.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase531.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)416.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex2221.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22915 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2258.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2946.5n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
6982
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
8282
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Apple A18 Pro GPU
7200
Image Classification (SP)n/a3264
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a4550
Horizon Detectionn/a6705
Face Detection (HP)n/a11770
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a15548
Text Classification (SP)n/a3678
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5678
Object Detection (SP)n/a3360
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a13468
Style Transfer (SP)n/a31541
Frameworkn/aCore ML
Backendn/aGPU
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Apple A18 Pro GPU]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Apple
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced February, 22, 2023 September, 9, 2024
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Apple M GPU
Codename AD107 (GN21-X2) Custom

GPU

GPU Frequency 1140-2070 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 1605-2370 MHz 1490 MHz
Shader Units 2560 768
TMUs 80 40
ROPs 32 n/a
Execution Units 20 128
Ray Tracing Cores 20 n/a
Tensor Cores 80 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 12000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 51-76 Gpix/sec n/a
Texture Fill Rate 128-190 GTex/s 60 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS 2.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 Custom
TGP 35-140 W n/a
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 3 nm
Transistor Size 156 mm² n/a
Transistor count 18.9 billion n/a
Transistor density 121.15 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 7500 MHz
Bus 96 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 6 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s
Apple A18 Pro GPU
n/a

API

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

Results

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