GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs GeForce4 460 Go
Aggregate performance score
We've compared GeForce4 460 Go and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.
RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms GeForce4 460 Go by a whopping 179900% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 1521 | 313 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 32 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 28.29 |
| Architecture | Celsius (1999−2005) | Ampere (2020−2024) |
| GPU code name | NV17 A5 | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 14 October 2002 (22 years ago) | 17 December 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 cores | 2 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 250 MHz | 1185 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 250 MHz | 1477 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 29 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 150 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 45 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 1.000 | 94.53 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.05 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 2 | 32 |
| TMUs | 4 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 256 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 32 |
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 size | no data | large |
| Interface | AGP 4x | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
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 | DDR | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 250 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 8 GB/s | 112.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
| G-SYNC support | - | + |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| VR Ready | no data | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 8.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 1.3 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.6 |
| DLSS | - | + |
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 | -0−1 | 42 |
| 1440p | -0−1 | 32 |
| 4K | -0−1 | 28 |
FPS performance in popular games
- Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset - 4K
Epic Preset - Full HD
Low Preset - Full HD
Medium Preset - Full HD
High Preset - Full HD
Ultra Preset - Full HD
Epic Preset - 1440p
High Preset - 1440p
Ultra Preset - 1440p
Epic Preset - 4K
High Preset - 4K
Ultra Preset
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−1033%
|
30−35
+1033%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 42 |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−7100%
|
70−75
+7100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−1067%
|
35
+1067%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−1000%
|
65−70
+1000%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−463%
|
130−140
+463%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 9−10
−2333%
|
210−220
+2333%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 29 |
| Dota 2 | 7−8
−1586%
|
118
+1586%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−7100%
|
70−75
+7100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−767%
|
26
+767%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−1000%
|
65−70
+1000%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−1060%
|
58
+1060%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−463%
|
130−140
+463%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 0−1 | 25 |
| Dota 2 | 7−8
−1471%
|
110
+1471%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 1−2
−7100%
|
70−75
+7100%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 3−4
−533%
|
19
+533%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 6−7
−1000%
|
65−70
+1000%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 5−6
−560%
|
33
+560%
|
| Valorant | 24−27
−463%
|
130−140
+463%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 0−1 | 160−170 |
| Far Cry 5 | 2−3
−1750%
|
37
+1750%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 0−1 | 18−20 |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 1−2
−2600%
|
27−30
+2600%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 14−16
−113%
|
30−35
+113%
|
| Valorant | 0−1 | 95−100 |
| Far Cry 5 | 3−4
−500%
|
18
+500%
|
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 1−2
−1600%
|
16−18
+1600%
|
| Fortnite | 2−3
−800%
|
18−20
+800%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 74
+0%
|
74
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 67
+0%
|
67
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 59
+0%
|
59
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 62
+0%
|
62
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40
+0%
|
40
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 5 | 53
+0%
|
53
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 68
+0%
|
68
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 70−75
+0%
|
70−75
+0%
|
| Far Cry 5 | 49
+0%
|
49
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 95−100
+0%
|
95−100
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 35−40
+0%
|
35−40
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 120−130
+0%
|
120−130
+0%
|
| Grand Theft Auto V | 37
+0%
|
37
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 21−24
+0%
|
21−24
+0%
|
| Valorant | 170−180
+0%
|
170−180
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 50−55
+0%
|
50−55
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 16−18
+0%
|
16−18
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Fortnite | 40−45
+0%
|
40−45
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
| Metro Exodus | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Battlefield 5 | 24−27
+0%
|
24−27
+0%
|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 14−16
+0%
|
14−16
+0%
|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 7−8
+0%
|
7−8
+0%
|
| Dota 2 | 34
+0%
|
34
+0%
|
| Forza Horizon 4 | 30−35
+0%
|
30−35
+0%
|
| Hogwarts Legacy | 10−12
+0%
|
10−12
+0%
|
Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:
- in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 7100% faster.
All in all, in popular games:
- RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 24 tests (41%)
- there's a draw in 35 tests (59%)
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 0.01 | 18.00 |
| Recency | 14 October 2002 | 17 December 2021 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 64 MB | 4 GB |
| Chip lithography | 150 nm | 8 nm |
RTX 2050 Mobile has a 179900% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 19 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 1775% more advanced lithography process.
The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce4 460 Go in performance tests.
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