NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
2560 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1605MHz
640 Shaders
2GB DDR3
1124MHz
FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
1.44 TFLOPS
FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
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Form Factor
Soldered
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Form Factor
Soldered
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TDP
35W
TDP
55W
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GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Maxwell
Family
GeForce 40
Family
GeForce 900
Codename
NV187
AD107
Variant
GN21-X2
Codename
NV117
GM107
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Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
2/22/2023
Release Date
3/12/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4N
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Fabrication Node
28nm
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Die Size
159 mm²
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Die Size
148 mm²
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Transistor Count
18.9 Billion
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Transistor Count
1.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
118.87M/mm²
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Transistor Density
12.64M/mm²
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Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
640 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
40 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
16 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
5 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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1140MHz Base
1605MHz
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993MHz Base
1124MHz
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FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
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FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
1.44 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.05 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
19 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
51.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
17.984 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
128.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
44.96 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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64KB/SM
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L2
12MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
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6GB
GDDR6
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2GB
DDR3
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
Clock
1000MHz
Transfer Rate
2GT/s
Bandwidth
32GB/s
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TDP
35W
TDP
55W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
4096x2304
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 2
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
NVDEC 1
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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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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AVC (H.264)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
11_0
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
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PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
5.0
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PureVideo HD
VP6
VDPAU
Feature Set E
Not a Card
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Not a Card
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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