AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
84
46
33
20
67
38
28
14
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
49
41
28
14
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
89
60
39
16
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
51
46
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
30
21
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
37
30
21
14
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
30
26
17
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
55
49
32
18
Avg FPS
1080p High6048
1080p Ultra4637
1440p Ultra3025
4K Ultra1513
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Time Spy49513908
Solar Bay1997919003
Port Royal367413
Fire Strike1557710196
Night Raid6528145167
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Background Blur130.3 frames/s73.3 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s39.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec1.65 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec2.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec2.06 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec191.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps5921.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
G2D Mark810481
DirectX 1190 fps48 fps
DirectX 1238 fps42 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s3639 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps262.9 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps255.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps207.6 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps950.2 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps1377.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps232.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.51502.2

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 December, 17, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 24 GA107
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 735-1185 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1245-1477 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2048
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 16
Ray Tracing Cores 16 32
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 90 Gpix/sec 40-47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 80-95 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x8
TGP 107 W 30-45 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 8 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 40 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 64 bit 64 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No No

Results

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