GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GT 220

Place in performance ranking	1171	280
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GT216	GN20-S7
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	12 October 2009 (14 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	no data
Current price	$121 (1.5x 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	48	2048
CUDA cores	48	no data
Core clock speed	625 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	486 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	30-45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature	105 °C	no data
Texture fill rate	9.840	189.1
Floating-point performance	144 gflops	no data

Form Factor & Compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 220 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
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	6.6" (16.8 cm)	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	1-slot	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	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	790 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	25.3 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	VGADVIHDMI	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
G-SYNC support	no data	+
Audio input for HDMI	S/PDIF + HDA	no data

Supported GPU 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_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.1	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	21 −100%	42 +100%
1440p	0−1	31
4K	0−1	28

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−1533%

49
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1300%	42 +1300%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	8−9 −500%	45−50 +500%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −900%	30 +900%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −1450%	30−35 +1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	6−7 −550%	35−40 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1833%	58 +1833%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −733%	25 +733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −1033%	34 +1033%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −1300%	27−30 +1300%
Hitman 3	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −213%	24−27 +213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −3600%	37 +3600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Far Cry 5	3−4 −500%	18 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −260%	18−20 +260%

This is how GT 220 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 100% faster than GT 220 in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Far Cry 5, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 3600% faster than the GT 220.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 2050 Mobile surpassed GT 220 in all 25 of our tests.

Pros & Cons Summary

Performance score	0.55	18.56
Recency	12 October 2009	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	58 Watt	30 Watt