GeForce RTX 4080 vs GTX 1050 3GB Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile with GeForce RTX 4080, including specs and performance data.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile
2018
3 MB GDDR5
12.81

RTX 4080 outperforms Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by a whopping 600% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in performance ranking3653
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data17.31
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace
GPU code nameno dataAD103-300-A1
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateApril 2018 (6 years ago)20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$1,199
Current priceno data$1451 (1.2x MSRP)

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 cores7689728
Core clock speed1366 MHz2205 MHz
Boost clock speed1442 MHz2505 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,900 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data320 Watt
Texture fill rateno data761.5

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 4080 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.

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data310 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount3 MB16 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1752 MHz22400 MHz
Memory bandwidth84 GB/s716.8 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMIno data+
G-SYNC support+no data

Supported technologies

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

Multi-Projection+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXno data12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDAno data8.9

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.

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 12.81
RTX 4080 89.61
+600%

RTX 4080 outperforms GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 600% 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%

Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile 6401
RTX 4080 57903
+805%

RTX 4080 outperforms GTX 1050 3GB Mobile by 805% 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 HD30−35
−710%
243
+710%
1440p24−27
−625%
174
+625%
4K16−18
−600%
112
+600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 231
−593%
1600−1650
+593%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
−590%
1000−1050
+590%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 262
−587%
1800−1850
+587%
Battlefield 5 240−250
−597%
1700−1750
+597%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−567%
800−850
+567%
Cyberpunk 2077 231
−593%
1600−1650
+593%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−578%
800−850
+578%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
−597%
1400−1450
+597%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
−591%
1900−1950
+591%
Hitman 3 120−130
−591%
850−900
+591%
Horizon Zero Dawn 478
−590%
3300−3350
+590%
Metro Exodus 150−160
−591%
1050−1100
+591%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−585%
850−900
+585%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 527
−593%
3650−3700
+593%
Watch Dogs: Legion 191
−581%
1300−1350
+581%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
−590%
1000−1050
+590%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 217
−591%
1500−1550
+591%
Battlefield 5 240−250
−597%
1700−1750
+597%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−567%
800−850
+567%
Cyberpunk 2077 210
−590%
1450−1500
+590%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−578%
800−850
+578%
Far Cry New Dawn 200−210
−597%
1400−1450
+597%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
−591%
1900−1950
+591%
Hitman 3 120−130
−591%
850−900
+591%
Horizon Zero Dawn 350−400
−590%
2600−2650
+590%
Metro Exodus 83
−563%
550−600
+563%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−585%
850−900
+585%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 512
−593%
3550−3600
+593%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 545
−597%
3800−3850
+597%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
−595%
1050−1100
+595%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 140−150
−590%
1000−1050
+590%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 189
−588%
1300−1350
+588%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−567%
800−850
+567%
Cyberpunk 2077 190
−584%
1300−1350
+584%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−578%
800−850
+578%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
−591%
1900−1950
+591%
Horizon Zero Dawn 396
−594%
2750−2800
+594%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 480
−598%
3350−3400
+598%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 259
−595%
1800−1850
+595%
Watch Dogs: Legion 164
−571%
1100−1150
+571%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−585%
850−900
+585%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
−593%
1150−1200
+593%
Far Cry New Dawn 140−150
−594%
1000−1050
+594%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 110−120
−582%
750−800
+582%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 153
−586%
1050−1100
+586%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
−570%
750−800
+570%
Cyberpunk 2077 129
−598%
900−950
+598%
Far Cry 5 201
−597%
1400−1450
+597%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−582%
1650−1700
+582%
Hitman 3 130−140
−587%
900−950
+587%
Horizon Zero Dawn 332
−593%
2300−2350
+593%
Metro Exodus 149
−571%
1000−1050
+571%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 390
−592%
2700−2750
+592%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 191
−581%
1300−1350
+581%
Watch Dogs: Legion 142
−569%
950−1000
+569%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−598%
900−950
+598%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
−582%
600−650
+582%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−552%
450−500
+552%
Hitman 3 80−85
−563%
550−600
+563%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
−577%
1050−1100
+577%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 133
−577%
900−950
+577%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 187
−595%
1300−1350
+595%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 80−85
−571%
550−600
+571%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
−550%
650−700
+550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−573%
350−400
+573%
Cyberpunk 2077 63
−535%
400−450
+535%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−500%
300−310
+500%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
−578%
1350−1400
+578%
Horizon Zero Dawn 201
−597%
1400−1450
+597%
Metro Exodus 130
−592%
900−950
+592%
Watch Dogs: Legion 87
−590%
600−650
+590%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
−576%
750−800
+576%

This is how Nvidia GTX 1050 3GB Mobile and RTX 4080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4080 is 710% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4080 is 625% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4080 is 600% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 12.81 89.61
Maximum RAM amount 3 MB 16 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 5 nm

The GeForce RTX 4080 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 1050 3GB Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4080 is a desktop one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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