Nvidia RTX 2000 Laptop (Ada) vs GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

We compared two discrete laptop graphics cards: the Nvidia RTX 2000 Mobile (Ada) 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4050 Mobile over RTX 2000 Mobile (Ada)
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 2000 Laptop (Ada)
  • 20% higher maximum theoretical performance (14.5 vs 12.1 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 33% higher memory bandwidth: 256 vs 192 GB/s

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
103
63
52
35
107
66
56
35
The Witcher 3
111
93
66
35
117
91
67
34
Counter-Strike 2
168
123
86
40
167
126
88
43
Far Cry 6
86
79
59
33
87
79
59
32
Hogwarts Legacy
61
48
36
19
62
52
34
20
CoD: Modern Warfare III
74
66
45
30
75
68
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
56
43
31
20
57
45
33
17
Cyberpunk 2077
63
53
33
12
61
57
34
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
97
90
61
31
98
90
62
32
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 91 92
1080p Ultra 73 75
1440p Ultra 52 53
4K Ultra 28 28
Margin of Error High Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 7446 8212
Solar Bay 30392 35375
Port Royal 4537 4624
Fire Strike 18845 21909
Wild Life Extreme 14651 15492
Night Raid 76011 84848
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 149.7 img/sec 141.4 img/sec
Face Detection 88.5 img/sec 84.1 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.24 Gpixels/sec 3.07 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.3 Gpixels/sec 3.91 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.3 Gpixels/sec 3.85 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.06 Gpixels/sec 1.1 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 278.2 Gpixels/sec 325.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 9706.8 FPS 11008.8 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 600 622
DirectX 11 123 FPS 129 FPS
DirectX 12 66 FPS 60 FPS
GPU Compute 5624 Ops/s 5847 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]2156 & 14311 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9], [10]146 & 2080 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Nvidia RTX 2000 Laptop (Ada)
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-17 (kam)GeekBench93074
📘 2026-07-15 (Mr._.Flexo)Cinebench 20248096
📘 2026-07-02 (SuperDuck)GeekBench90032
📘 2026-05-18 (TheMan)Cinebench 20248523
📘 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekBench89343

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 6324 6233
Image Segmentation (HP) 13952 16395
Image Super Resolution (Q) 19043 18240
Face Detection (HP) 28439 30758
Pose Estimation (Q) 69947 61300
Text Classification (SP) 2887 3124
Machine Translation (HP) 3267 4357
Object Detection (SP) 7742 7812
Depth Estimation (Q) 29911 29192
Style Transfer (SP) 131880 117759
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 2000 Laptop (Ada) and GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released March 21, 2023 February 22, 2023
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename AD107 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 7700S
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 7 165H or above - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above
Laptop GPU ranking (57th and 65th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock - 1140-2070 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 1245-2360 MHz (configurable) 1605-2370 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 3072 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 96 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 24 20
Tensor Cores 96 80
Ray-tracing Cores 24 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 12MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 60-113 GPixel/s 51-76 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 120-227 GTexel/s 128-190 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
7.6-14.5 TFLOPS
8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 35-140 W (configurable) 35-140 W (configurable)
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 159 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor Count 18.9 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor Density 118.87 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 95°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 16000 Mbps 16000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 96-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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