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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Key differences

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 192 GB/s)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 2,560)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 20)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 80)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 has lower TDP (100 W vs 575 W)

Full spec comparison

Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM6 GB32 GB
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width96 bit512 bit
Memory bandwidth192 GB/s1792 GB/s
Shading cores2,56021,760
RT cores20170
Tensor / AI cores80680
Base clock2505 MHz2010 MHz
Boost clock2640 MHz2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3 (Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP100 W575 W
Recommended PSU450 W1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin or none1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length200 mm304 mm
Slot width2 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.13× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050

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