Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2050
GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4090
- + Release year (+2)
- + VRAM (GB) (+12 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+922 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+320 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+75 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+67,600M)
- + CUDA cores (+14336)
- + TMUs (+448)
- + ROPs (+144)
- + RT cores (+96)
- + Tensor cores (+448)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+77.85 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+403.66 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1210.32 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+12.2)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+18030)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+37226)
- + Normalized score (+19.8)
B
GeForce RTX 2050
- + Die size (mm²) (+409 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4090
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 16 GB (+12 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz (+500 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 1034 GB/s (+922 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 384 bit (+320 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 120 W (+75 W) | 45 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-4 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 76,300M (+67,600M) | 8,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 609 mm² | 200 mm² (+409 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1245 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 16,384 (+14336) | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 512 (+448) | 64 |
| ROPs | 176 (+144) | 32 |
| RT cores | 128 (+96) | 32 |
| Tensor cores | 512 (+448) | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 82.58 TFLOPS (+77.85 TFLOPS) | 4.73 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 443.50 GPixel/s (+403.66 GPixel/s) | 39.84 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1210.32 GTexel/s) | 79.68 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.9 (+12.2) | 29.6 |
| PassMark (overall) | 27,047 | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 21,251 (+18030) | 3,221 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 46,191 (+37226) | 8,965 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 44,279 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 43,030 |
| Normalized score | 75.0 (+19.8) | 55.2 |
Only in component A
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 2050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 87 FPS | 21 FPS | +314.3% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 109 FPS | 14 FPS | +678.6% (A) |
| Armored Core 6 | 109 FPS | 32 FPS | +240.6% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 195 FPS | 25 FPS | +680% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 144 FPS | 21 FPS | +585.7% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 182 FPS | 43 FPS | +323.3% (A) |
| Atomic Heart | 144 FPS | 30 FPS | +380% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 114 FPS | 12 FPS | +850% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 309 FPS | 66 FPS | +368.2% (A) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 123 FPS | 30 FPS | +310% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 170 FPS | ≈ 70 FPS | +142.9% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 155 FPS | 25 FPS | +520% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 147 FPS | 18 FPS | +716.7% (A) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 235 FPS | 27 FPS | +770.4% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 300 FPS | ≈ 74 FPS | +305.4% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 219 FPS | 46 FPS | +376.1% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 147 FPS | 18 FPS | +716.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 98 FPS | 19 FPS | +415.8% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 190 FPS | 31 FPS | +512.9% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 130 FPS | 20 FPS | +550% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 167 FPS | 50 FPS | +234% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 361 FPS | 39 FPS | +825.6% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 199 FPS | 71 FPS | +180.3% (A) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 71 FPS | 15 FPS | +373.3% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 145 FPS | 24 FPS | +504.2% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 117 FPS | 20 FPS | +485% (A) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 39 FPS | +53.8% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 116 FPS | 32 FPS | +262.5% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 94 FPS | 24 FPS | +291.7% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 70 FPS | +71.4% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 276 FPS | 66 FPS | +318.2% (A) |
| F1 22 | 199 FPS | 55 FPS | +261.8% (A) |
| F1 23 | 152 FPS | 37 FPS | +310.8% (A) |
| F1 24 | 216 FPS | 49 FPS | +340.8% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 173 FPS | 35 FPS | +394.3% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 103 FPS | 43 FPS | +139.5% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 122 FPS | 25 FPS | +388% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 109 FPS | 15 FPS | +626.7% (A) |
| Fortnite | 300 FPS | ≈ 95 FPS | +215.8% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 250 FPS | ≈ 70 FPS | +257.1% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 281 FPS | 53 FPS | +430.2% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 190 FPS | 61 FPS | +211.5% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 154 FPS | 74 FPS | +108.1% (A) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 116 FPS | 19 FPS | +510.5% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 234 FPS | 51 FPS | +358.8% (A) |
| God of War | 167 FPS | 29 FPS | +475.9% (A) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 178 FPS | 32 FPS | +456.3% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 158 FPS | 47 FPS | +236.2% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 136 FPS | 19 FPS | +615.8% (A) |
| High On Life | 211 FPS | 35 FPS | +502.9% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 45 FPS | 26 FPS | +73.1% (A) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 89 FPS | 15 FPS | +493.3% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 262 FPS | 54 FPS | +385.2% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 108 FPS | 17 FPS | +535.3% (A) |
| Last Epoch | 189 FPS | 54 FPS | +250% (A) |
| Lies of P | 208 FPS | 29 FPS | +617.2% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 87 FPS | 11 FPS | +690.9% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 179 FPS | 39 FPS | +359% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 156 FPS | ≈ 35 FPS | +345.7% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 139 FPS | 38 FPS | +265.8% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 FPS | 195 FPS | +82.6% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 346 FPS | 66 FPS | +424.2% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 135 FPS | 18 FPS | +650% (A) |
| Ready or Not | 158 FPS | 75 FPS | +110.7% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 218 FPS | 17 FPS | +1182.4% (A) |
| Returnal | 159 FPS | 21 FPS | +657.1% (A) |
| Riders Republic | 185 FPS | 38 FPS | +386.8% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 74 FPS | 2 FPS | +3600% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 122 FPS | 33 FPS | +269.7% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 88 FPS | 34 FPS | +158.8% (A) |
| Space Marine 2 | 74 FPS | 31 FPS | +138.7% (A) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 118 FPS | 32 FPS | +268.8% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 106 FPS | 20 FPS | +430% (A) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 83 FPS | 16 FPS | +418.8% (A) |
| Starfield | 84 FPS | 16 FPS | +425% (A) |
| The Crew Motorfest | 60 FPS | 24 FPS | +150% (A) |
| The Finals | 175 FPS | 68 FPS | +157.4% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 103 FPS | 18 FPS | +472.2% (A) |
| The Quarry | 177 FPS | 31 FPS | +471% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 394 FPS | ≈ 58 FPS | +579.3% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 290 FPS | 47 FPS | +517% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 138 FPS | 19 FPS | +626.3% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 168 FPS | 38 FPS | +342.1% (A) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 220 FPS | 30 FPS | +633.3% (A) |
| Until Dawn | 104 FPS | 15 FPS | +593.3% (A) |
| Valorant | 350 FPS | ≈ 130 FPS | +169.2% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 131 FPS | 39 FPS | +235.9% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 78 FPS | 59 FPS | +32.2% (A) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 167 FPS | 43 FPS | +288.4% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce RTX 4090 are direct measurements.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4090 wins 20 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).