GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GT 610

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GT 610 with GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GT 610
2012
1024 MB DDR3, 29 Watt
0.80

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 610 by a whopping 2233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking1106279
Place by popularity9730
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.01no data
ArchitectureFermi 2.0 (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameGF119GN20-S7
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2 April 2012 (12 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$39.99 no data
Current price$98 (2.5x 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 cores482048
CUDA cores48no data
Core clock speed810 MHzno data
Boost clock speedno data1477 MHz
Number of transistors292 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)29 Watt30-45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature102 °Cno data
Texture fill rate6.5 billion/sec189.1
Floating-point performance155.5 gflopsno data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 610 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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI Express 2.0no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length5.7" (14.5 cm)no data
Height2.7" (6.9 cm)no data
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount1024 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1.8 GB/s14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth14.4 GB/s112.0 GB/s
Shared memoryno 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 ConnectorsDual Link DVI-I, HDMI, VGA1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
HDCP+no data
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC supportno data+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

3D Blu-Ray+no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.24.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.2
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GT 610 0.80
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.66
+2233%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 610 by 2233% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GT 610 370
RTX 2050 Mobile 8881
+2300%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 610 by 2300% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 HD1−2
−4100%
42
+4100%
1440p1−2
−2800%
29
+2800%
4K1−2
−2900%
30
+2900%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 49
−2145%
1100−1150
+2145%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−2197%
850−900
+2197%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
−2162%
950−1000
+2162%
Battlefield 5 60−65
−2195%
1400−1450
+2195%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−2137%
850−900
+2137%
Cyberpunk 2077 42
−2162%
950−1000
+2162%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−2173%
1000−1050
+2173%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−2200%
1150−1200
+2200%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−2226%
2000−2050
+2226%
Hitman 3 44
−2173%
1000−1050
+2173%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−2197%
1700−1750
+2197%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−2158%
1400−1450
+2158%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−2155%
1150−1200
+2155%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 75
−2167%
1700−1750
+2167%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
−2183%
1050−1100
+2183%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−2197%
850−900
+2197%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21
−2043%
450−500
+2043%
Battlefield 5 60−65
−2195%
1400−1450
+2195%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−2137%
850−900
+2137%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
−2067%
650−700
+2067%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−2173%
1000−1050
+2173%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
−2200%
1150−1200
+2200%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−2226%
2000−2050
+2226%
Hitman 3 21
−2043%
450−500
+2043%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−2197%
1700−1750
+2197%
Metro Exodus 60−65
−2158%
1400−1450
+2158%
Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−2155%
1150−1200
+2155%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 62
−2158%
1400−1450
+2158%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 58
−2228%
1350−1400
+2228%
Watch Dogs: Legion 55−60
−2181%
1300−1350
+2181%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
−2197%
850−900
+2197%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7
−2186%
160−170
+2186%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
−2137%
850−900
+2137%
Cyberpunk 2077 25
−2100%
550−600
+2100%
Far Cry 5 40−45
−2173%
1000−1050
+2173%
Forza Horizon 4 85−90
−2226%
2000−2050
+2226%
Horizon Zero Dawn 70−75
−2197%
1700−1750
+2197%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 55
−2173%
1250−1300
+2173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 33
−2173%
750−800
+2173%
Watch Dogs: Legion 18
−2122%
400−450
+2122%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 50−55
−2155%
1150−1200
+2155%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−2122%
800−850
+2122%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−2197%
850−900
+2197%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18−20
−2005%
400−450
+2005%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
−1959%
350−400
+1959%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 24−27
−2192%
550−600
+2192%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−12
−2173%
250−260
+2173%
Far Cry 5 37
−2197%
850−900
+2197%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−2122%
800−850
+2122%
Hitman 3 21−24
−2173%
500−550
+2173%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−2137%
850−900
+2137%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−2106%
750−800
+2106%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
−2134%
1050−1100
+2134%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21−24
−2043%
450−500
+2043%
Watch Dogs: Legion 12−14
−2150%
270−280
+2150%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 30−35
−2158%
700−750
+2158%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
−2122%
400−450
+2122%
Far Cry New Dawn 14−16
−2043%
300−310
+2043%
Hitman 3 14−16
−2043%
300−310
+2043%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−2043%
450−500
+2043%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 12−14
−2150%
270−280
+2150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−2005%
400−450
+2005%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 10−12
−2173%
250−260
+2173%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 9−10
−2122%
200−210
+2122%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−11
−2200%
230−240
+2200%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−2150%
90−95
+2150%
Far Cry 5 10−11
−2200%
230−240
+2200%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
−2100%
550−600
+2100%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−2043%
450−500
+2043%
Metro Exodus 18−20
−2122%
400−450
+2122%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
−2150%
180−190
+2150%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 16−18
−2088%
350−400
+2088%

This is how GT 610 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 4100% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 2800% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 2900% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 0.80 18.66
Recency 2 April 2012 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1024 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 29 Watt 30 Watt

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 610 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GT 610 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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