AMD Radeon 8050S vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 8050S, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 8050S 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a93
1080p Ultran/a74
1440p Ultran/a53
4K Ultran/a29
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 8050S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy90068211
Solar Bayn/a35563
Port Royaln/a4627
Fire Striken/a21866
Night Raidn/a84235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 8050S
81081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur201.1 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection104.8 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.53 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.37 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.12 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching327.5 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12215.6 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 8050S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Markn/a630
DirectX 11n/a130 fps
DirectX 12n/a61 fps
GPU Computen/a5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 8050S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a597.7 fps
Car Chasen/a531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a416.7 fps
T-Rexn/a2221.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Ada Lovelace
Codename Strix Halo AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2800 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2560
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units 32 20
Ray Tracing Cores 32 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 179 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 358 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 22.9 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 45-120 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size 441.7 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count n/a 18.9 billion
Transistor density n/a 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 8050S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

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

Results

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