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).