GeForce RTX 4060 vs 4050 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
AD107
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
AD107 (GN21-X2)
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB with 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the 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
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
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060
- Performs better (up to 35%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 30% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 69 vs 53 FPS
- 25% higher maximum theoretical performance (15.1 vs 12.1 TFLOPS)
- Includes 2 GB more video memory
- Has 42% higher memory bandwidth: 272 vs 192 GB/s
- Achieves 31% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (106K vs 81K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 128 78 66 47 |
107 66 56 35 |
| The Witcher 3 | 143 117 82 44 |
117 91 67 34 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 208 157 111 58 |
167 126 88 43 |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 98 76 45 |
87 79 59 32 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 78 65 47 26 |
62 52 34 20 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 98 90 64 43 |
75 68 44 30 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 73 61 45 27 |
57 45 33 17 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 82 75 43 22 |
61 57 34 13 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 128 119 85 46 |
98 90 62 32 |
| 1080p High | 116 | 92 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 75 |
| 1440p Ultra | 69 | 53 |
| 4K Ultra | 40 | 28 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10615 | 8212 |
| Solar Bay | 49340 | 35375 |
| Port Royal | 6054 | 4624 |
| Fire Strike | 28540 | 21909 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 20610 | 15492 |
| Night Raid | 121368 | 84848 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 186.9 img/sec | 141.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.7 img/sec | 84.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.92 Gpixels/sec | 3.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.16 Gpixels/sec | 3.91 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.94 Gpixels/sec | 3.85 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.34 Gpixels/sec | 1.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 446.2 Gpixels/sec | 325.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 14935.1 FPS | 11008.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1036 | 622 |
| DirectX 11 | 174 FPS | 129 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 76 FPS | 60 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 9150 Ops/s | 5847 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 105636 |
| 📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand) | Cinebench 2024 | 10606 |
GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-17 (kam) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 93074 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Mr._.Flexo) | Cinebench 2024 | 8096 |
| 📘 2026-07-02 (SuperDuck) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 90032 |
| 📘 2026-05-18 (TheMan) | Cinebench 2024 | 8523 |
| 📘 2026-05-15 -> Zay | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 89343 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7696 | 6233 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 13706 | 16395 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 23289 | 18240 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31126 | 30758 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 78361 | 61300 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3315 | 3124 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3491 | 4357 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9386 | 7812 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36778 | 29192 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 148120 | 117759 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4060 and 4050 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | May 18, 2023 | February 22, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | - |
| Case | Desktop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD107 | AD107 (GN21-X2) |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7700 XT | - Radeon RX 7700S |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5060 | - GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i5 14600K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above |
Desktop GPU rating (#54th place)
Laptop GPU ranking (#67th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1830 MHz | 1140-2070 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 2460 MHz | 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 | 24MB shared | 12MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 118 GPixel/s | 51-76 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 236 GTexel/s | 128-190 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 115 W | 35-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 159 mm² | 156 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 18 billion | 18.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.21 MTr/mm² | 121.15 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Clock | - | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | - | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 96-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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