AMD Radeon 780M vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 780M, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 780M and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
51
26
22
12
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
29
25
13
n/a
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
46
27
19
n/a
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
39
31
19
10
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
20
15
11
n/a
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
35
29
20
12
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
20
16
10
n/a
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
20
19
11
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
35
31
18
9
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High3393
1080p Ultra2474
1440p Ultra1653
4K Ultra-29
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 780M
2675
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy27818211
Solar Bay1116235563
Port Royal15804627
Fire Strike782421866
Night Raid3361184235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 780M
32713
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur86.4 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection35.8 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.03 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.36 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.41 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.41 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching132.4 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4470.7 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 780M
7001
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark878630
DirectX 1167 fps130 fps
DirectX 1231 fps61 fps
GPU Compute3719 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 780M
34.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)183.4 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase202.9 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)161.6 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex699.9 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 2849.2 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2268.9 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1373.82946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 4, 2023 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Phoenix AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 800 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2700-2800 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 768 2560
TMUs 48 80
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 12 20
Ray Tracing Cores 12 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 86-90 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 130-134 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.1-4.3 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 178 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 25.4 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 142.7 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 2000 MHz
Bus n/a 96 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 16000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 780M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

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