GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs FirePro D500

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared FirePro D500 with GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

FirePro D500
2014
3 GB GDDR5, 274 Watt
9.88

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms D500 by a whopping 247% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking490167
Place by popularitynot in top-10014
Power efficiency2.7852.75
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2012−2020)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTahitiAD107
Market segmentWorkstationLaptop
Release date18 January 2014 (12 years ago)3 January 2023 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores15362560
Core clock speed725 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1755 MHz
Number of transistors4,313 million18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)274 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate69.60140.4
Floating-point processing power2.227 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs3248
TMUs9680
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20
L1 Cache384 KB2.5 MB
L2 Cache768 KB12 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length279 mmno data
Width2-slotno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount3 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1270 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth243.8 GB/s192.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors6x mini-DisplayPort, 1x SDIPortable Device Dependent

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.9
DLSS-+

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD24−27
−288%
93
+288%
1440p14−16
−250%
49
+250%
4K8−9
−263%
29
+263%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low

Counter-Strike 2 190−200
+0%
190−200
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 103
+0%
103
+0%
Resident Evil 4 Remake 81
+0%
81
+0%

Full HD
Medium

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 166
+0%
166
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 82
+0%
82
+0%
Far Cry 5 124
+0%
124
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 115
+0%
115
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

Full HD
High

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 112
+0%
112
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+0%
270−280
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+0%
69
+0%
Dota 2 169
+0%
169
+0%
Far Cry 5 114
+0%
114
+0%
Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 108
+0%
108
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 125
+0%
125
+0%
Metro Exodus 85
+0%
85
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156
+0%
156
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

Full HD
Ultra

Battlefield 5 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 65
+0%
65
+0%
Dota 2 162
+0%
162
+0%
Far Cry 5 107
+0%
107
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 80
+0%
80
+0%
Valorant 138
+0%
138
+0%

Full HD
Epic

Fortnite 150−160
+0%
150−160
+0%

1440p
High

Counter-Strike 2 79
+0%
79
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 58
+0%
58
+0%
Metro Exodus 50
+0%
50
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 240−250
+0%
240−250
+0%

1440p
Ultra

Battlefield 5 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 37
+0%
37
+0%
Far Cry 5 69
+0%
69
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 58
+0%
58
+0%

1440p
Epic

Fortnite 90−95
+0%
90−95
+0%

4K
High

Counter-Strike 2 24
+0%
24
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 60
+0%
60
+0%
Metro Exodus 45
+0%
45
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 45
+0%
45
+0%
Valorant 210−220
+0%
210−220
+0%

4K
Ultra

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
+0%
18
+0%
Dota 2 115
+0%
115
+0%
Far Cry 5 43
+0%
43
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
Epic

Fortnite 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

This is how FirePro D500 and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 288% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 250% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4050 Mobile is 263% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 9.88 34.25
Recency 18 January 2014 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 3 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 274 Watt 50 Watt

RTX 4050 Mobile has a 247% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 460% more advanced lithography process, and 448% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the FirePro D500 in performance tests.

Be aware that FirePro D500 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.

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Community ratings

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