GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GTS 450

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTS 450 with GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

GTS 450
2010
1 GB GDDR5, 106 Watt
3.38

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTS 450 by a whopping 447% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking735301
Place by popularity9629
Cost-effectiveness evaluation0.65no data
Power efficiency2.2228.67
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGF106GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 September 2010 (14 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$129 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores1922048
Core clock speed783 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1477 MHz
Number of transistors1,170 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)106 Watt45 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature100 °Cno data
Texture fill rate25.0694.53
Floating-point processing power0.6013 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3264
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 sizeno datalarge
Bus supportPCI-E 2.0 x 16no data
InterfacePCIe 2.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Length210 mmno data
Height4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)no data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data
SLI options+-

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 amount1 GB4 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1804 (3608 data rate) MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth57.7 GB/s112.0 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 ConnectorsMini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++
Maximum VGA resolution2048x1536no data
G-SYNC support-+
Audio input for HDMIInternalno data

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D 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/A1.3
CUDA+8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark 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 450 3.38
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.50
+447%

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.

GTS 450 1888
RTX 2050 Mobile 12495
+562%

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.

GTS 450 9758
RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+380%

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.

GTS 450 1545
RTX 2050 Mobile 8965
+480%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

GTS 450 12447
RTX 2050 Mobile 58257
+368%

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:

900p30
−433%
160−170
+433%
Full HD37
−13.5%
42
+13.5%
1200p27
−419%
140−150
+419%
1440p6−7
−450%
33
+450%
4K4−5
−525%
25
+525%

Cost per frame, $

1080p3.49no data
1440p21.50no data
4K32.25no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−300%
36
+300%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−513%
49
+513%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−567%
60−65
+567%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−278%
34
+278%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−163%
21
+163%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−375%
76
+375%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−1125%
49
+1125%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−629%
50−55
+629%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−267%
40−45
+267%
Valorant 6−7
−1350%
87
+1350%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−567%
60−65
+567%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−200%
27
+200%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−87.5%
15
+87.5%
Dota 2 10−11
−750%
85
+750%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−268%
70
+268%
Fortnite 18−20
−426%
100−105
+426%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−294%
63
+294%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−1150%
50−55
+1150%
Grand Theft Auto V 10−11
−590%
69
+590%
Metro Exodus 7−8
−629%
50−55
+629%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%
Red Dead Redemption 2 12−14
−267%
40−45
+267%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−383%
55−60
+383%
Valorant 6−7
−617%
43
+617%
World of Tanks 86
−159%
220−230
+159%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−567%
60−65
+567%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
−156%
23
+156%
Cyberpunk 2077 8−9
−62.5%
13
+62.5%
Dota 2 10−11
−1000%
110
+1000%
Far Cry 5 18−20
−232%
60−65
+232%
Forza Horizon 4 16−18
−250%
56
+250%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−725%
33
+725%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−35
−313%
120−130
+313%
Valorant 6−7
−1167%
75−80
+1167%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2 2−3
−1750%
37
+1750%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
−1750%
37
+1750%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
−630%
160−170
+630%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−750%
16−18
+750%
World of Tanks 24−27
−433%
120−130
+433%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−850%
35−40
+850%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−275%
14−16
+275%
Far Cry 5 8−9
−513%
45−50
+513%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1467%
47
+1467%
Forza Horizon 5 4−5
−650%
30−33
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−333%
24−27
+333%
Valorant 10−11
−380%
45−50
+380%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Dota 2 16−18
−100%
30−35
+100%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
−100%
30−35
+100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−460%
55−60
+460%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−500%
12−14
+500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16−18
−100%
30−35
+100%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−500%
18−20
+500%
Counter-Strike 2 6−7
−33.3%
8−9
+33.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−200%
6−7
+200%
Dota 2 16−18
−113%
34
+113%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−700%
24−27
+700%
Fortnite 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
−2700%
27−30
+2700%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−1400%
14−16
+1400%
Valorant 3−4
−633%
21−24
+633%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Metro Exodus 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%

4K
High Preset

Metro Exodus 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%

This is how GTS 450 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 433% faster in 900p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 14% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 419% faster in 1200p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 450% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 525% faster in 4K

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

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 2700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 61 test (97%)
  • there's a draw in 2 tests (3%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 3.38 18.50
Recency 13 September 2010 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 1 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 40 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 106 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has a 447.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 400% more advanced lithography process, and 135.6% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 450 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTS 450 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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