AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 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
76
38
33
15
67
38
28
14
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
49
41
28
14
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
89
60
39
16
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
51
46
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
30
21
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
37
30
21
14
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
30
26
17
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
55
49
32
18
Avg FPS
1080p High5248
1080p Ultra3937
1440p Ultra2625
4K Ultra1313
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Time Spy43533908
Solar Bayn/a19003
Port Royal527413
Fire Strike1497910196
Night Raid5687645167
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Background Blur59.5 frames/s73.3 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s39.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec1.65 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec2.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec2.06 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec191.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps5921.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
G2D Mark767481
DirectX 1160 fps48 fps
DirectX 1243 fps42 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s3639 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
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 Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 December, 17, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 20 GA107
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 735-1185 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1245-1477 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 16 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 40-47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 80-95 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x8
TGP 185 W 30-45 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 8 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 40 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
112 GB/s

API

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

Results

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