GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs 8800 GTX

Place in performance ranking	931	280
Place by popularity	not in top-100	30
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.02	no data
Architecture	Tesla (2006−2010)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	G80	GN20-S7
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	8 November 2006 (17 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data
Current price	$357 (0.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	128	2048
CUDA cores	575	no data
Core clock speed	576 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	681 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	30-45 Watt
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion/sec	189.1
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	270 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	no data
SLI options	+	no 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 type	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	4 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Shared memory	no data	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	11.1 (10_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.0	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

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 HD	3−4 −1333%	43 +1333%
1440p	2−3 −1200%	26 +1200%
4K	2−3 −1550%	33 +1550%

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.53	18.64
Recency	8 November 2006	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	4 GB
Chip lithography	90 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	155 Watt	30 Watt