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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 is a graphics card released on January 3, 2022. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 45 W board power rating. It scores 7,709 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2) and OpenGL 4.6.

GA107 (Ampere)

4/10 key specs recorded · 36 facts

Depth: 29 recorded fields, 10 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

45 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 scores 7,709 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #380), measured across 5,392 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 478.

PassMark G3D Mark

7,709

Rank #380
Faster than 85.9% of 2,658 GPUs
5,392 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 104 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 76.5% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 39 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 72% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 47 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 69.3% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 42 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 75.6% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 3,511 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 76.8% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 averages DirectX 9 104 fps, DirectX 10 39 fps, DirectX 11 47 fps, DirectX 12 42 fps and GPU Compute 3,511 ops/s, across 5,392 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 1185 MHz

Memory clock 1750 MHz

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 45 W

First benchmarked 2022-02-08

Samples 5,392

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 states the PCIe 3.0 x8 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 1185 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2022-02-08. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Not recorded

Codename GA107 (Ampere)

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors Not recorded

Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 uses the GA107 (Ampere) graphics processor.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 has a board power rating of 45 W and it connects over PCIe 3.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) 45 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 3.0 x8

Market

Launched January 3, 2022

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce RTX 20 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 was released on January 3, 2022.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 7,709

PassMark G2D 478

Rank #380

Samples 5,392

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2) and OpenGL 4.6.

DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2)

OpenGL 4.6

Feex has no recorded CUDA compute capability for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050. Feex has no recorded Vulkan version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050. Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 has 1 supported feature recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: DirectX 12 Ultimate

Microsoft's top DirectX 12 feature tier, covering hardware ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable-rate shading and sampler feedback.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 supports Hardware ray tracing, NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate under Rendering.

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 7th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 5th Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	Not supported	Supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 have?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 has 4 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 has a board power rating of 45 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 scores 7,709 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 85.9% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #380. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 42 fps.