AMD Radeon 860M vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 860M, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 860M and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
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
67
38
28
14
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
49
41
28
14
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
89
60
39
16
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
51
46
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
21
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
37
30
21
14
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
26
17
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
55
49
32
18
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a48
1080p Ultran/a37
1440p Ultran/a25
4K Ultran/a13
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 860M
2572
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Time Spyn/a3908
Solar Bayn/a19003
Port Royaln/a413
Fire Striken/a10196
Night Raidn/a45167
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 860M
25630
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Background Blur57.2 frames/s73.3 frames/s
Face Detection30.5 frames/s39.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.83 Gpix/sec1.65 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.16 Gpix/sec2.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.93 Gpix/sec2.06 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.35 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching97.8 Gpix/sec191.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3933.5 fps5921.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
G2D Markn/a481
DirectX 11n/a48 fps
DirectX 12n/a42 fps
GPU Computen/a3639 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a262.9 fps
Car Chasen/a255.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a207.6 fps
T-Rexn/a950.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1377.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a232.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1502.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 17, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Ampere
Codename Krackan Point GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 735-1185 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 3000 MHz 1245-1477 MHz
Shader Units 512 2048
TMUs 32 64
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 8 16
Ray Tracing Cores 8 32
Tensor Cores n/a 64
L1 cache n/a 64 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 48 Gpix/sec 40-47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 96 GTex/s 80-95 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
TGP 15-54 W 30-45 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 200 mm²
Transistor count n/a 8 billion
Transistor density n/a 40 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1750 MHz
Bus n/a 64 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 14000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
112 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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