AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX Vega 6, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
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
16
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
20
15
11
n/a
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
12
10
n/a
n/a
86
80
61
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
17
11
11
n/a
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
60
47
33
20
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
11
11
n/a
n/a
98
89
62
33
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
63
53
35
18
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
64
56
34
15
Avg FPS
1080p High1293
1080p Ultra974
1440p Ultra-53
4K Ultra-29
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
817
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy8358211
Solar Bayn/a35563
Port Royaln/a4627
Fire Strike269221866
Night Raid1103184235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
8112
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur17.6 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection9.06 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.28 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.58 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.38 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.09 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching27.6 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics879 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
1309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark333630
DirectX 119 fps130 fps
DirectX 126 fps61 fps
GPU Compute652 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
7.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)40.7 fps597.7 fps
Car Chase37.8 fps531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)30.6 fps416.7 fps
T-Rex153.6 fps2221.6 fps
ALU 2170.6 fps2915 fps
Driver Overhead 271.5 fps258.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation241.32946.5

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced February, 1, 2018 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture GCN 5.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename Raven AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 300 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1100-1800 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 384 2560
TMUs 24 80
ROPs 8 32
Execution Units 6 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 9-14 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 26-43 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 0.8-1.4 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface IGP PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 210 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 4.94 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 23.52 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 2000 MHz
Bus n/a 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 16000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 6 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.9
DisplayPort n/a 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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