GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GTX 965M

Place in performance ranking	423	281
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.93	no data
Architecture	Maxwell (2014−2018)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	N16E-GS, N16E-GR	GN20-S7
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	5 January 2015 (9 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)
Current price	$1546	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	1024	2048
CUDA cores	1024	no data
Core clock speed	944 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	950 / 1151 MHz	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	2,940 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	30-45 Watt
Texture fill rate	73.60	189.1
Floating-point performance	2,355 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on GeForce GTX 965M 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 size	large	large
Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	80 GB/s	112.0 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	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
VGA аnalog display support	+	no data
DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support	+	no data
HDMI	+	+
G-SYNC support	+	+

Supported technologies

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

GameStream	+	no data
GeForce ShadowPlay	+	no data
GPU Boost	2.0	no data
GameWorks	+	no data
H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder	+	no data
Optimus	+	no data
BatteryBoost	+	no data
VR Ready	no data	+
Ansel	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.5	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.1	1.2
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.

GTX 965M 9.76

RTX 2050 Mobile 18.57
+90.3%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTX 965M by 90% based on our aggregated 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%

GTX 965M 23562

RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+98.7%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTX 965M by 99% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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%

GTX 965M 7322

RTX 2050 Mobile 12195
+66.6%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTX 965M by 67% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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%

GTX 965M 5536

RTX 2050 Mobile 8815
+59.2%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTX 965M by 59% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

GTX 965M 34748

RTX 2050 Mobile 58068
+67.1%

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GTX 965M by 67% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

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	46 +9.5%	42 −9.5%
1440p	25 −24%	31 +24%
4K	21 −33.3%	28 +33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

14−16

−227%

49
+227%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	31 −22.6%	35−40 +22.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −180%	42 +180%
Battlefield 5	52 −21.2%	60−65 +21.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −84.6%	45−50 +84.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −180%	42 +180%
Far Cry 5	38 −55.3%	59 +55.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	38 −31.6%	50−55 +31.6%
Forza Horizon 4	47 −36.2%	60−65 +36.2%
Hitman 3	24−27 −172%	68 +172%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −95%	35−40 +95%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −82.4%	30−35 +82.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	31 −25.8%	35−40 +25.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −171%	46 +171%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24 −58.3%	35−40 +58.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 −40%	21 +40%
Battlefield 5	43 −46.5%	60−65 +46.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −84.6%	45−50 +84.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −100%	30 +100%
Far Cry 5	35 −51.4%	53 +51.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	35 −42.9%	50−55 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	41 −56.1%	60−65 +56.1%
Hitman 3	24−27 −124%	56 +124%
Horizon Zero Dawn	20−22 −95%	35−40 +95%
Metro Exodus	15 −100%	30−33 +100%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −82.4%	30−35 +82.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	13 −200%	35−40 +200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	31 −87.1%	58 +87.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −129%	39 +129%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	13 −192%	35−40 +192%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	14−16 +114%	7 −114%
Battlefield 5	35 −80%	60−65 +80%
Cyberpunk 2077	14−16 −66.7%	25 +66.7%
Far Cry 5	32 −53.1%	49 +53.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	32 −56.3%	50−55 +56.3%
Forza Horizon 4	28 −129%	60−65 +129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18 −88.9%	34 +88.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	16−18 −5.9%	18 +5.9%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −100%	27−30 +100%
Hitman 3	14−16 −100%	30−33 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −66.7%	24−27 +66.7%
Metro Exodus	8−9 −113%	16−18 +113%
Red Dead Redemption 2	7−8 −100%	14−16 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −84.6%	24−27 +84.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10 −100%	20−22 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −240%	16−18 +240%
Battlefield 5	16−18 −156%	40−45 +156%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Far Cry 5	22 −68.2%	37 +68.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	16−18 −119%	35−40 +119%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −118%	35−40 +118%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −122%	20−22 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −225%	12−14 +225%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −117%	12−14 +117%
Hitman 3	9−10 −88.9%	16−18 +88.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −50%	12−14 +50%
Metro Exodus	3−4 −233%	10−11 +233%
Red Dead Redemption 2	5−6 −100%	10−11 +100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −140%	12−14 +140%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	13 −46.2%	18−20 +46.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3 −267%	10−12 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	4−5 −125%	9−10 +125%
Battlefield 5	8−9 −163%	21−24 +163%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	10 −80%	18 +80%
Far Cry New Dawn	31 +72.2%	18−20 −72.2%
Forza Horizon 4	14 −85.7%	24−27 +85.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	3−4 −167%	8−9 +167%

This is how GTX 965M and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

GTX 965M is 10% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 24% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 33% faster in 4K

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

in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTX 965M is 114% faster than the RTX 2050 Mobile.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 300% faster than the GTX 965M.

All in all, in popular games: