Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 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
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
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy8211n/a
Solar Bay35563n/a
Port Royal4627n/a
Fire Strike21866n/a
Night Raid84235n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
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
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark630n/a
DirectX 11130 fpsn/a
DirectX 1261 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5961 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced February, 22, 2023 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD107 (GN21-X2) GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 1140-2070 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1605-2370 MHz 1500-2662 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2560
TMUs 80 80
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 20 20
Ray Tracing Cores 20 20
Tensor Cores 80 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 12000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 51-76 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 128-190 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 IGP
TGP 35-140 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 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 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 96 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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