GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GT 650M SLI

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Aggregate performance score

GT 650M SLI
2012
2x2 GB GDDR5
5.10

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 650M SLI by a whopping 265% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking590279
Place by popularitynot in top-10030
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.70no data
ArchitectureKepler (2012−2018)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameN13E-GEGN20-S7
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date22 March 2012 (12 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price$545 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 cores7682048
Core clock speed790 MHzno data
Boost clock speed835 MHz1477 MHz
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data30-45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data189.1

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GT 650M SLI and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 sizemedium sizedlarge
Interfaceno dataPCIe 3.0 x16

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 amount2x2 GB4 GB
Memory bus width2x 128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed4000 MHz14000 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data112.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

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 Connectorsno data1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC supportno data+

Supported technologies

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

Optimus+no data
VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX1112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkanno data1.2
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 650M SLI 5.10
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.64
+265%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 650M SLI by 265% based on our aggregate benchmark results.


3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 650M SLI 3597
RTX 2050 Mobile 12268
+241%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 650M SLI by 241% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

GT 650M SLI 12812
RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+265%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GT 650M SLI by 265% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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:

900p79
−254%
280−290
+254%
Full HD53
+23.3%
43
−23.3%
1440p7−8
−271%
26
+271%
4K9−10
−267%
33
+267%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−513%
49
+513%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−322%
35−40
+322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−950%
42
+950%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−369%
60−65
+369%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−273%
40−45
+273%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−425%
42
+425%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−182%
45−50
+182%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−333%
50−55
+333%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−239%
60−65
+239%
Hitman 3 12−14
−467%
68
+467%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−190%
60−65
+190%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−409%
55−60
+409%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−264%
50−55
+264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−341%
75
+341%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−557%
46
+557%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−322%
35−40
+322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−425%
21
+425%
Battlefield 5 12−14
−369%
60−65
+369%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−273%
40−45
+273%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−275%
30
+275%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−312%
70
+312%
Far Cry New Dawn 12−14
−333%
50−55
+333%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−239%
60−65
+239%
Hitman 3 12−14
−75%
21
+75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−190%
60−65
+190%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−409%
55−60
+409%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−264%
50−55
+264%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 16−18
−82.4%
31
+82.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−427%
58
+427%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−457%
39
+457%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 9−10
−322%
35−40
+322%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 4−5
−75%
7
+75%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 10−12
−273%
40−45
+273%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−213%
25
+213%
Far Cry 5 16−18
−182%
45−50
+182%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−239%
60−65
+239%
Horizon Zero Dawn 21−24
−190%
60−65
+190%
Metro Exodus 10−12
−409%
55−60
+409%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−209%
34
+209%
Watch Dogs: Legion 7−8
−157%
18
+157%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−264%
50−55
+264%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−11
−260%
35−40
+260%
Far Cry New Dawn 7−8
−429%
35−40
+429%
Hitman 3 4−5
−575%
27−30
+575%
Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−367%
14−16
+367%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−567%
20−22
+567%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 7−8
−243%
24−27
+243%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−363%
37
+363%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−300%
35−40
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−217%
35−40
+217%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−1033%
30−35
+1033%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5 14−16
−293%
55
+293%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−567%
20−22
+567%
Hitman 3 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1800%
18−20
+1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−450%
10−12
+450%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−350%
9−10
+350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−550%
12−14
+550%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 4−5
Forza Horizon 4 4−5
−525%
24−27
+525%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−320%
21−24
+320%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−157%
18−20
+157%
Watch Dogs: Legion 1−2
−700%
8−9
+700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−167%
16−18
+167%

This is how GT 650M SLI and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 254% faster in 900p
  • GT 650M SLI is 23% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 271% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 267% faster in 4K

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

  • in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 1800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 2050 Mobile surpassed GT 650M SLI in all 68 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.10 18.64
Recency 22 March 2012 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GT 650M SLI in performance tests.


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