NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 30W vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop 90W
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 30W
            
                
            
        
    
            NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop 90W
            
                
            
        
    | 
                             2560 Shaders 
                            6GB GDDR6 
                            1550MHz 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             6144 Shaders 
                            8GB GDDR6 
                            1365MHz 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Peak AI Performance 
                            253.95 TOPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Peak AI Performance 
                            536.74 TOPS 
                            INT4 Tensor Sparse 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             FP32 
                            7.94 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             FP32 
                            16.77 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             FP16 
                            7.94 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             FP16 
                            16.77 TFLOPS 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             Form Factor 
                            Soldered 
                            - 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             Form Factor 
                            Soldered 
                            - 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             TDP 
                            30W 
                         | 
                    
                        
                             TDP 
                            90W 
                         | 
                    
                
| 
                             - 
                            - 
                            - 
                            - 
                            - 
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                             - 
                            - 
                            - 
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| 
                                         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 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 OpenCL 107,025 
                                            35% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB5 CUDA N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 CUDA 129,060 
                                            36% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         GB5 Vulkan N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         GB5 Vulkan 83,050 
                                            40% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         OCT 2020.1 N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         OCT 2020.1 345 
                                            45% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                            
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                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
                                         | 
                                
                                    
                                         OCT Metal N/A 
                                            0% 
                                            
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| 
                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            253.95 TOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Peak AI
                                            Performance 
                                        
                                            536.74 TOPS
                                         
                                        
                                            INT4 Tensor Sparse
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
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                                            FP8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            63.49 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            126.98 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            31.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            63.49 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
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| 
                                         
                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            7.94 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            31.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            63.49 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            15.87 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            31.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP16
                                         
                                        
                                            16.77 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            67.09 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            134.18 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            33.55 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            67.09 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            7.94 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP32
                                         
                                        
                                            16.77 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            120 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            FP64
                                         
                                        
                                            260 GFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
                                            7.94 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            15.87 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            31.74 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            BF16
                                         
                                        
                                            16.77 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            33.55 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            67.09 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            7.94 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            15.87 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            TF32
                                         
                                        
                                            16.77 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            33.55 TFLOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            126.98 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            253.95 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT4
                                         
                                        
                                            268.37 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            536.74 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            63.49 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            126.98 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT8
                                         
                                        
                                            -
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            134.19 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor
                                            
                                         
                                        
                                            268.37 TOPS
                                            
                                                 Tensor Sparse
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            3.97 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            INT32
                                         
                                        
                                            8.39 TOPS
                                            
                                                
                                            
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            18.3 TOPS
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         
                                            Ray Tracing
                                         
                                        
                                            32.8 TOPS
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            49.6 GPixel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Pixel
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            131.04 GPixel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         
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| 
                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            124 GTexel/s
                                         
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Texture
                                            Fillrate 
                                        
                                            262.08 GTexel/s
                                         
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Manufacturer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
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                                         Chip Designer 
                                        
                                            NVIDIA
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ada Lovelace
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Architecture 
                                        
                                            Ampere
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 40
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Family 
                                        
                                            GeForce 30
                                        
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Codename 
                                        NV187 
                                        AD107 
                                        Variant 
                                        GN21-X2 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Codename 
                                        NV174 
                                        GA104 
                                        Variant 
                                        GN20-E7 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Market Segment 
                                        Laptop 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Release Date 
                                        2/22/2023 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Release Date 
                                        1/12/2021 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Foundry 
                                        TSMC 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Foundry 
                                        Samsung 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        4N 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Fabrication Node 
                                        8N 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Die Size 
                                        159 mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Die Size 
                                        393 mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        18.9 Billion 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Count 
                                        17.2 Billion 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Transistor Density 
                                        118.87M/mm² 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Transistor Density 
                                        43.82M/mm² 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         Form 
                                        Soldered 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Form 
                                        Soldered 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Shading Units 
                                        2560 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Shading Units 
                                        6144 Shaders 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        80 TMUs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Texture Mapping Units 
                                        192 TMUs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Render Output Units 
                                        32 ROPs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Render Output Units 
                                        96 ROPs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        80 T-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Tensor Cores 
                                        192 T-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        20 RT-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Ray-Tracing Cores 
                                        48 RT-Cores 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        20 SMs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Streaming Multiprocessors 
                                        48 SMs 
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                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        2 GPCs 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Graphics Processing Clusters 
                                        6 GPCs 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        1140MHz Base 
                                        1550MHz 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         - 
                                        - 
                                        930MHz Base 
                                        1365MHz 
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                                         - 
                                        - 
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| 
                                         L1 
                                        64KB/SM Tex 
                                        128KB/SM 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L1 
                                        64KB/SM Tex 
                                        128KB/SM 
                                        - 
                                        - 
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                                         L2 
                                        12MB Shared 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         L2 
                                        4MB Shared 
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                                         6GB 
                                        GDDR6 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         8GB 
                                        GDDR6 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                            
| 
                                         Bus Width 
                                        96Bit 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Bus Width 
                                        256Bit 
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| 
                                         Clock 
                                        2000MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        16GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        192GB/s 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Clock 
                                        1500MHz 
                                        Transfer Rate 
                                        12GT/s 
                                        Bandwidth 
                                        384GB/s 
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                                         TDP 
                                        30W 
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                                         TDP 
                                        90W 
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                                        No Ports 
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                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Resolution 
                                        7680x4320 
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| 
                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Max Resolution Refresh Rate 
                                        60Hz 
                                     | 
                                
                            
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                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Variable Refresh Rate 
                                        G-Sync 
                                        FreeSync 
                                        - 
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                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Display Stream Compression (DSC) 
                                        Supported 
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                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        4 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Multi Monitor Support 
                                        3 
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                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         Content Protection 
                                        HDCP 2.3 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVENC 8 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVENC 7 
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                                         Codec 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
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                                         Codec 
                                        - 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVDEC 5 
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                                         Model 
                                        NVDEC 5 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
                                        - 
                                        VC-1 
                                        VP8 
                                        VP9 
                                        - 
                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
                                        - 
                                        AV1 
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                                         Codec 
                                        MPEG-1 
                                        MPEG-2 
                                        MPEG-4 
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                                        VC-1 
                                        VP8 
                                        VP9 
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                                        AVC (H.264) 
                                        HEVC (H.265) 
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                                        AV1 
                                        - 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_3 
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                                         Direct X 
                                        12 
                                        Direct 3D 
                                        12_2 
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                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.3 
                                     | 
                                
                                    
                                         OpenGL 
                                        4.6 
                                        OpenCL 
                                        3.0 
                                        Vulkan 
                                        1.2 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.7 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.9 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP12 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set L 
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                                         Shader Model 
                                        6.6 
                                        CUDA 
                                        8.6 
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                                        PureVideo HD 
                                        VP11 
                                        VDPAU 
                                        Feature Set K 
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                                         Not a Card 
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                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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                                        PCIe Version 
                                        4.0 
                                        PCIe Lanes 
                                        16 
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