AMD Radeon RX 580 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 580, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 580 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
76
38
33
15
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
52
40
23
13
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
78
56
37
16
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
58
49
34
17
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
33
23
20
10
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
47
41
27
15
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
33
24
16
9
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
30
27
13
n/a
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
51
31
18
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High5293
1080p Ultra3974
1440p Ultra2653
4K Ultra1329
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
4176
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy43538211
Solar Bayn/a35563
Port Royal5274627
Fire Strike1497921866
Night Raid5687684235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 580
40514
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur59.5 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection33.8 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.56 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.1 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.92 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.33 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching161.8 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5395.1 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 580
8831
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark767630
DirectX 1160 fps130 fps
DirectX 1243 fps61 fps
GPU Compute3529 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 580
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 Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Polaris 20 AD107 (GN21-X2)
Price 229 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1257 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1340 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.2 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 185 W 35-140 W
Process GlobalFoundries TSMC
Process tech. 14 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 580
256 GB/s
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 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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