GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs GTS 360M

Place in performance ranking	894	105
Place by popularity	not in top-100	74
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.14	no data
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	N11E-GS1	GN21-X2
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Current price	$230	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	96	2560
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	no data	2370 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	17.60	140.4
Floating-point performance	275.71 gflops	no data
Gigaflops	413	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTS 360M and GeForce RTX 4050 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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	no data
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	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	192.0 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 Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	no data
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	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

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	6.7
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.3
CUDA	+	8.9

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.

GTS 360M 1.68

RTX 4050 Mobile 38.95
+2218%

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms GTS 360M by 2218% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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%

GTS 360M 5522

RTX 4050 Mobile 85660
+1451%

RTX 4050 Mobile outperforms GTS 360M by 1451% 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:

900p	18 −2122%	400−450 +2122%
Full HD	21 −357%	96 +357%
1440p	2−3 −2400%	50 +2400%
4K	1−2 −3100%	32 +3100%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−2475%

103
+2475%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −6800%	65−70 +6800%
Battlefield 5	0−1	120−130
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2050%	85−90 +2050%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1975%	83 +1975%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −9700%	95−100 +9700%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Hitman 3	5−6 −2120%	111 +2120%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1023%	140−150 +1023%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3033%	90−95 +3033%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1940%	204 +1940%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	118

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −6800%	65−70 +6800%
Battlefield 5	0−1	120−130
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2050%	85−90 +2050%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1675%	71 +1675%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1300%	98 +1300%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −9700%	95−100 +9700%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Hitman 3	5−6 −840%	47 +840%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1023%	140−150 +1023%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3033%	90−95 +3033%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	10−11 −1240%	134 +1240%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −3020%	156 +3020%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	106

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −6800%	65−70 +6800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −2050%	85−90 +2050%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1525%	65 +1525%
Far Cry 5	7−8 −1043%	80−85 +1043%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −1867%	110−120 +1867%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −1023%	140−150 +1023%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1500%	80 +1500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	52

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−3033%

90−95
+3033%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −3650%	75−80 +3650%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −9000%	90−95 +9000%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	30−35

1440p
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1375%	55−60 +1375%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −3500%	36 +3500%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −2200%	69 +2200%
Forza Horizon 4	2−3 −3950%	80−85 +3950%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1600%	85−90 +1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −2850%	59 +2850%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	7−8 −1300%	98 +1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −2350%	45−50 +2350%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	0−1	24−27
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	24−27
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	35−40
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −2350%	45−50 +2350%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −925%	40−45 +925%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−1067%

35−40
+1067%

This is how GTS 360M and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4050 Mobile is 2122% faster in 900p
RTX 4050 Mobile is 357% faster in 1080p
RTX 4050 Mobile is 2400% faster in 1440p
RTX 4050 Mobile is 3100% faster in 4K

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

in Far Cry New Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 4050 Mobile is 9700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4050 Mobile surpassed GTS 360M in all 43 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.68	38.95
Recency	7 January 2010	3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	115 Watt