2560 Shading Units — 5 Graphics Cards Compared

Decision table

2560 Shading Units: which one for what?

The 5 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation Quiet operation Films & Video

Leads for Gaming: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU82%

Leads for Content Creation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU69%

Leads for Quiet operation: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 305058%

Leads for Films & Video: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 505074%

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA
8 GB · Blackwell · 2570 MHz
65% 58% 58% 74%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- AV1 encoder
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
- AV1 decoder
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SuperNVIDIA
8 GB · Turing · 1770 MHz
68% 62% 50% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050NVIDIA
8 GB · Ampere · 1780 MHz
65% 50% 58% 66%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Films & Video
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPUNVIDIA
8 GB · Blackwell · 35-100 W
82% 69% 55% 55%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 8 GB of memory
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 8 GB of memory
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 18 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 18 months on the market
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPUNVIDIA
6 GB · Ada Lovelace · 35-115 W
66% 57% 45% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 43 months on the market — a successor may be near