NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 110W vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 110W
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop 110W
            
                
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 110W
            
                
            
        
    | 3840 Shaders 6GB GDDR6 1680MHz | 2560 Shaders 6GB GDDR6 2355MHz | 
| Peak AI Performance 412.88 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse | Peak AI Performance 385.84 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse | 
| FP32 12.9 TFLOPS | FP32 12.06 TFLOPS | 
| FP16 12.9 TFLOPS | FP16 12.06 TFLOPS | 
| Form Factor Soldered - | Form Factor Soldered - | 
| TDP 110W | TDP 110W | 
| - - - - - | - - - - - | 
| GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | GB6 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Metal N/A 0% | GB6 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | GB6 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| GB5 OpenCL 100,645 33% | GB5 OpenCL N/A 0% | 
| GB5 CUDA 110,835 31% | GB5 CUDA N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Metal N/A 0% | GB5 Metal N/A 0% | 
| GB5 Vulkan 72,745 35% | GB5 Vulkan N/A 0% | 
| OCT 2020.1 330 44% | OCT 2020.1 N/A 0% | 
| OCT Metal N/A 0% | OCT Metal N/A 0% | 
| Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                            412.88 TOPS
                                         
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         | Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                            385.84 TOPS
                                         
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         | 
| 
                                            -
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
                                            -
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            -
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
                                            FP8
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            96.46 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            192.92 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                            48.23 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            96.46 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            FP16
                                         
                                            12.9 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            51.61 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            103.22 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                            25.81 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            51.61 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
                                            FP16
                                         
                                            12.06 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            48.23 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            96.46 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                            24.12 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                            48.23 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            FP32
                                         
                                            12.9 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
                                            FP32
                                         
                                            12.06 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            FP64
                                         
                                            200 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
                                            FP64
                                         
                                            190 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            BF16
                                         
                                            12.9 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            25.81 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            51.61 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
                                            BF16
                                         
                                            12.06 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            24.12 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            48.23 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            TF32
                                         
                                            12.9 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            25.8 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
                                            TF32
                                         
                                            12.06 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            24.12 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            INT4
                                         
                                            206.44 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            412.88 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
                                            INT4
                                         
                                            192.92 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            385.84 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            INT8
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            103.22 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            206.44 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
                                            INT8
                                         
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                            96.46 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                            192.92 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            INT32
                                         
                                            6.45 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
                                            INT32
                                         
                                            6.03 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         | 
| 
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                            25.2 TOPS
                                         | 
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                            27.9 TOPS
                                         | 
| Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            80.64 GPixel/s
                                         | Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                            75.36 GPixel/s
                                         | 
| 
                                            -
                                         
                                            -
                                         | 
                                            -
                                         
                                            -
                                         | 
| Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            201.6 GTexel/s
                                         | Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                            188.4 GTexel/s
                                         | 
| ManufacturerNVIDIA | ManufacturerNVIDIA | 
| Chip DesignerNVIDIA | Chip DesignerNVIDIA | 
| ArchitectureAmpere | ArchitectureAda Lovelace | 
| FamilyGeForce 30 | FamilyGeForce 40 | 
| Codename NV176 GA106 Variant GN20-E3 | Codename NV187 AD107 Variant GN21-X2 | 
| Market Segment Laptop | Market Segment Laptop | 
| Release Date 2/25/2021 | Release Date 2/22/2023 | 
| Foundry Samsung - | Foundry TSMC - | 
| Fabrication Node 8N - | Fabrication Node 4N - | 
| Die Size 276 mm² - | Die Size 159 mm² - | 
| Transistor Count 13.3 Billion - | Transistor Count 18.9 Billion - | 
| Transistor Density 48.01M/mm² - | Transistor Density 118.87M/mm² - | 
| Form Soldered | Form Soldered | 
| Shading Units 3840 Shaders - | Shading Units 2560 Shaders - | 
| Texture Mapping Units 120 TMUs | Texture Mapping Units 80 TMUs | 
| Render Output Units 48 ROPs | Render Output Units 32 ROPs | 
| Tensor Cores 120 T-Cores | Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores | 
| Ray-Tracing Cores 30 RT-Cores | Ray-Tracing Cores 20 RT-Cores | 
| Streaming Multiprocessors 30 SMs | Streaming Multiprocessors 20 SMs | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| Graphics Processing Clusters 3 GPCs | Graphics Processing Clusters 2 GPCs | 
| - - 1342MHz Base 1680MHz | - - 2070MHz Base 2355MHz | 
| - - | - - | 
| L1 64KB/SM Tex 128KB/SM - - | L1 64KB/SM Tex 128KB/SM - - | 
| L2 3MB Shared | L2 12MB Shared | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| 6GB GDDR6 - | 6GB GDDR6 - | 
| Bus Width 192Bit | Bus Width 96Bit | 
| Clock 1750MHz Transfer Rate 14GT/s Bandwidth 336GB/s | Clock 2000MHz Transfer Rate 16GT/s Bandwidth 192GB/s | 
| - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - | 
| TDP 110W | TDP 110W | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Ports | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - No Ports | 
| Max Resolution 7680x4320 | Max Resolution 7680x4320 | 
| Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | Max Resolution Refresh Rate 60Hz | 
| Variable Refresh Rate G-Sync FreeSync - | Variable Refresh Rate G-Sync FreeSync - | 
| Display Stream Compression (DSC) Supported | Display Stream Compression (DSC) Supported | 
| Multi Monitor Support 3 | Multi Monitor Support 4 | 
| Content Protection HDCP 2.3 | Content Protection HDCP 2.3 | 
| Model NVENC 7 | Model NVENC 8 | 
| Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - - - - | Codec - - - - - - - - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | 
| Model NVDEC 5 | Model NVDEC 5 | 
| Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 VP8 VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 - VC-1 VP8 VP9 - AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) - AV1 - - | 
| Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_2 | Direct X 12 Direct 3D 12_3 | 
| OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3.0 Vulkan 1.2 | OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3.0 Vulkan 1.3 | 
| Shader Model 6.6 CUDA 8.6 - - PureVideo HD VP11 VDPAU Feature Set K | Shader Model 6.7 CUDA 8.9 - - PureVideo HD VP12 VDPAU Feature Set L | 
| Not a Card - - - | Not a Card - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - | 
| - - PCIe Version 4.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | - - PCIe Version 4.0 PCIe Lanes 16 | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| - - - - - - | - - - - - - | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                            Copy Link
    
     
                    
                