NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q vs NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
NVIDIA RTX A500 Laptop
2560 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1605MHz
2048 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
1537MHz
Peak AI Performance
262.96 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
201.46 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
6.3 TFLOPS
FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
FP16
6.3 TFLOPS
Form Factor
Soldered
Form Factor
Soldered
TDP
35W
TDP
50W

Peak AI Performance

  • 31% faster vs RTX A500 Laptop
  • 23% slower vs GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q - 262.96 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse
x1.31
RTX A500 Laptop - 201.46 TOPS INT4 Tensor Sparse
x1

FP32

  • 30% faster vs RTX A500 Laptop
  • 23% slower vs GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q - 8.22 TFLOPS FP32
x1.3
RTX A500 Laptop - 6.3 TFLOPS FP32
x1

FP16

  • 30% faster vs RTX A500 Laptop
  • 23% slower vs GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q - 8.22 TFLOPS FP16
x1.3
RTX A500 Laptop - 6.3 TFLOPS FP16
x1
  • 2x faster vs RTX A500 Laptop
  • 50% slower vs GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q - 192GB/s
x2
RTX A500 Laptop - 96GB/s
x1
  • 30% lower vs RTX A500 Laptop
  • 43% higher vs GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q - 35W
x1
RTX A500 Laptop - 50W
x1.43
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Architecture
Ampere
Family
GeForce 40
Family
RTX A
Codename
NV187
AD107
Variant
GN21-X2
Codename
NV177
GA107
-
-
Market Segment
Laptop
Market Segment
Laptop
Release Date
2/22/2023
Release Date
3/22/2022
Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
Samsung
Fabrication Node
4N
Fabrication Node
8N
Die Size
159 mm²
Die Size
200 mm²
Transistor Count
18.9 Billion
Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
Transistor Density
118.87M/mm²
Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
Form
Soldered
Form
Soldered
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
Shading Units
2048 Shaders
Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
64 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
16 SMs
Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
-
-
1140MHz Base
1605MHz
832MHz Base
1537MHz
Peak AI Performance
262.96 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
201.46 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP8
65.74 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
131.48 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
32.87 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
65.74 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
-
-
-
-
-
FP16
8.22 TFLOPS
32.87 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
65.74 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
16.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
32.87 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
6.3 TFLOPS
25.18 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
50.36 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
25.18 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
50.36 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
8.22 TFLOPS
FP32
6.3 TFLOPS
FP64
130 GFLOPS
FP64
100 GFLOPS
BF16
8.22 TFLOPS
16.43 TFLOPS Tensor
32.87 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
6.3 TFLOPS
25.18 TFLOPS Tensor
50.36 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
8.22 TFLOPS Tensor
16.44 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
12.59 TFLOPS Tensor
25.18 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
131.48 TOPS Tensor
262.96 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT4
100.73 TOPS Tensor
201.46 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
65.74 TOPS Tensor
131.48 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
50.36 TOPS Tensor
100.73 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
4.11 TOPS
INT32
3.15 TOPS
Ray Tracing
19 TOPS
Ray Tracing
12.3 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
51.36 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
49.184 GPixel/s
Texture Fillrate
128.4 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
98.368 GTexel/s
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
L2
12MB Shared
L2
2MB Shared
6GB
GDDR6
4GB
GDDR6
Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
192GB/s
Clock
1500MHz
Transfer Rate
12GT/s
Bandwidth
96GB/s
TDP
35W
TDP
50W
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
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 8
Model
NVENC 7
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
AV1
Codec
AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
-
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_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
8.9
PureVideo HD
VP12
VDPAU
Feature Set L
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
Not a Card
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
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