GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q sales 3 January 2023. This is a laptop graphics card based on an Ada Lovelace architecture and made with 4 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 96 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 168.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a graphics card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Power consumption is at 35 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | |
GPU code name | AD107 | |
Market segment | Laptop | |
Release date | 3 January 2023 (1 year ago) |
Detailed specifications
GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
Boost clock speed | 1605 MHz | of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | |
Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
Texture fill rate | 128.4 | of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | |
Supplementary power connectors | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
Memory type | GDDR6 | |
Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
Memory bus width | 96 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
Memory clock speed | 14 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
Memory bandwidth | 168.0 GB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
Shader Model | 6.7 | |
OpenGL | 4.6 | |
OpenCL | 3.0 | |
Vulkan | 1.3 | |
CUDA | 8.9 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 4050 Max-Q according to our statistics.