NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop is ahead by 12% on our index and meets the recommended card of 21 more games. Below: where each one wins.
Performance index 17 19
Video memory 4 GB 6 GB
Rated power 165 W 95 W
Launch price $549 no list price
Index per $100 3.1 —
Games at recommended 210 231
Released20142023
FeaturesFSRDLSS · FSR · ray tracing
At 1440p in the heaviest games
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 21517
- Fortnite1720
- Palworld1720
Modelled FPS, high preset, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Left: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980; right: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop.
Games only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop runs at recommended
- Black Desert
- EA SPORTS FC™ 25
- EA SPORTS FC™ 24
- EA SPORTS™ FIFA 23
- Poppy Playtime
- eFootball™
- Battlefield™ V
- Titanfall® 2
And 13 more.
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop?
No — the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop scores 19 on our index to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980's 17, a 12% gap.
Which one runs more games at the recommended spec?
The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 meets the recommended graphics card of 210 of 274 games; the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop, 231.