PG506-217 vs GeForce RTX 4050

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking120not rated
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Power efficiency25.87no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameAD107GA100
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date2023 (1 year ago)12 April 2021 (3 years ago)

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 cores25603584
Core clock speed2505 MHz930 MHz
Boost clock speed2640 MHz1440 MHz
Number of transistors18,900 million54,200 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt165 Watt
Texture fill rate211.2322.6
Floating-point processing power13.52 TFLOPS10.32 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs80224
Tensor Cores120224
Ray Tracing Cores18no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pin8-pin EPS

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 typeGDDR6HBM2
Maximum RAM amount6 GB24 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit3072 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1215 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.0 GB/s933.1 GB/s

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aNo outputs
HDMI+-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)N/A
Shader Model6.7N/A
OpenGL4.6N/A
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.3N/A
CUDA8.98.0

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 165 Watt

RTX 4050 has a 40% more advanced lithography process, and 65% lower power consumption.

PG506-217, on the other hand, has a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4050 and PG506-217. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop card while PG506-217 is a workstation one.


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