GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GTS 150M
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce GTS 150M and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTS 150M by a whopping 1317% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1091 | 349 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 42 |
| Power efficiency | 2.06 | 29.26 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Ampere (2020−2025) |
| GPU code name | G94 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 3 March 2009 (16 years ago) | 17 December 2021 (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 cores | 64 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 400 MHz | 1185 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 1477 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 505 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 65 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 45 Watt | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 12.80 | 94.53 |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.128 TFLOPS | 6.05 TFLOPS |
| Gigaflops | 192 | no data |
| ROPs | 16 | 32 |
| TMUs | 32 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.5 MB |
| L2 Cache | 64 KB | 2 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 size | large | large |
| Bus support | PCI-E 2.0 | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
| SLI options | 2-way | - |
| MXM Type | MXM 3.0 Type-B | 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 | 256 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | Up to 800 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 51 GB/s | 112.0 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 Connectors | DisplayPortHDMIDual Link DVILVDSSingle Link DVIVGA | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | + | + |
| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | no data |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
| Audio input for HDMI | S/PDIF | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Power management | 8.0 | no data |
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D 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 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | + | 8.6 |
| 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 HD | 2−3
−2000%
| 42
+2000%
|
| 1440p | 2−3
−1500%
| 32
+1500%
|
| 4K | 1−2
−2700%
| 28
+2700%
|
FPS performance in popular games
Full HD
Low
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1467%
|
47
+1467%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−7300%
|
70−75
+7300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−1300%
|
42
+1300%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 3−4
−2233%
|
70−75
+2233%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−2850%
|
59
+2850%
|
| Fortnite | 3−4
−3067%
|
95−100
+3067%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−914%
|
70−75
+914%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−6100%
|
62
+6100%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−633%
|
65−70
+633%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−312%
|
130−140
+312%
|
Full HD
High
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−7300%
|
70−75
+7300%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 27−30
−682%
|
210−220
+682%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−867%
|
29
+867%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−638%
|
118
+638%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 3−4
−2233%
|
70−75
+2233%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−2550%
|
53
+2550%
|
| Fortnite | 3−4
−3067%
|
95−100
+3067%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−914%
|
70−75
+914%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 1−2
−5200%
|
53
+5200%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 0−1 | 68 |
| Metro Exodus | 2−3
−1750%
|
35−40
+1750%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−633%
|
65−70
+633%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
−729%
|
58
+729%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−312%
|
130−140
+312%
|
Full HD
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 1−2
−7300%
|
70−75
+7300%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3−4
−733%
|
25
+733%
|
| Dota 2 | 16−18
−588%
|
110
+588%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 3−4
−2233%
|
70−75
+2233%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−2350%
|
49
+2350%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 7−8
−914%
|
70−75
+914%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 9−10
−633%
|
65−70
+633%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7−8
−371%
|
33
+371%
|
| Valorant | 30−35
−312%
|
130−140
+312%
|
Full HD
Epic
| Fortnite | 3−4
−3067%
|
95−100
+3067%
|
1440p
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 4−5
−775%
|
35−40
+775%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 8−9
−1500%
|
120−130
+1500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 12−14
−1169%
|
160−170
+1169%
|
| Valorant | 3−4
−5533%
|
160−170
+5533%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 16−18 |
| Escape from Tarkov | 3−4
−1133%
|
35−40
+1133%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 1−2
−3600%
|
37
+3600%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 3−4
−1333%
|
40−45
+1333%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 2−3
−1200%
|
24−27
+1200%
|
1440p
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−1900%
|
40−45
+1900%
|
4K
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−129%
|
30−35
+129%
|
| Valorant | 6−7
−1533%
|
95−100
+1533%
|
4K
Ultra
| Dota 2 | 1−2
−3300%
|
34
+3300%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 2−3
−750%
|
16−18
+750%
|
4K
Epic
| Fortnite | 2−3
−800%
|
18−20
+800%
|
Full HD
Low
| Counter-Strike 2 | 74
+0%
|
74
+0%
|
Full HD
Medium
| Counter-Strike 2 | 67
+0%
|
67
+0%
|
Full HD
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40
+0%
|
40
+0%
|
1440p
High
| Grand Theft Auto V | 37
+0%
|
37
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
1440p
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
4K
High
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
4K
Ultra
| Battlefield 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Escape from Tarkov | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 18
+0%
|
18
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−33
+0%
|
30−33
+0%
|
This is how GTS 150M and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:
- RTX 2050 Mobile is 2000% faster in 1080p
- RTX 2050 Mobile is 1500% faster in 1440p
- RTX 2050 Mobile is 2700% faster in 4K
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 7300% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 2050 Mobile performs better in 47 tests (76%)
- there's a draw in 15 tests (24%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 1.21 | 17.15 |
| Recency | 3 March 2009 | 17 December 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 GB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 65 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 2050 Mobile has a 1317.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 712.5% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 150M in performance tests.
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