AMD Radeon 8040S vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 8040S, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 8040S and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
84
47
41
25
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
75
59
40
21
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
123
87
61
27
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
65
60
45
20
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
34
27
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
53
45
31
20
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
39
28
22
11
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
41
39
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
71
68
44
22
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a66
1080p Ultran/a52
1440p Ultran/a37
4K Ultran/a19
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 8040S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
5608
Time Spyn/a5368
Solar Bayn/a24168
Port Royaln/a571
Fire Striken/a13483
Night Raidn/a55763
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 8040S
35976
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
65121
Background Blur106.8 frames/s107.9 frames/s
Face Detection43.8 frames/s62.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.12 Gpix/sec2.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.17 Gpix/sec3.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.07 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.5 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching163 Gpix/sec275.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5820.4 fps8303.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 8040S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
10120
G2D Markn/a497
DirectX 11n/a76 fps
DirectX 12n/a49 fps
GPU Computen/a4323 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 8040S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
66 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a362.7 fps
Car Chasen/a340.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a277 fps
T-Rexn/a1375.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1870.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2008

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Ampere
Codename Strix Halo GA107 (GN20-P1)

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 735-1463 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2800 MHz 1035-1695 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2560
TMUs 64 80
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 16 20
Ray Tracing Cores 16 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 50-81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 179 GTex/s 83-136 GTex/s
FLOPS 11.5 TFLOPS 5.3-8.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 45-120 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 276 mm²
Transistor count n/a 12 billion
Transistor density n/a 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1500 MHz
Bus n/a 128 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 8040S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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