Radeon 890M vs RTX 2050 Mobile; a GPU comparison between integrated graphics and dedicated graphics. Which one is better between them? Let’s find out.
AMD Radeon 890m graphics is the latest integrated graphics released by AMD which is based on RDNA 3.5 architecture capable of running games at 1080p low/med settings.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 2050 mobile was released 3 years ago by Nvidia, based on Ampere architecture for entry-level gaming laptops.
Graphics Card Comparison between Radeon 890M vs RTX 2050
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | Nvidia RTX 2050 |
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Phoenix | GPU Codename | GA107 |
RDNA 3.5 | Architecture | Ampere |
15th July, 2024 | Release date | Dec 17th, 2021 |
Navi III IGP | Generation | GeForce 20 Mobile |
TSMC | Foundry | Samsung |
Laptop, Desktop | Market Segment | Laptop |
Active | Production | Active |
Integrated | Type | Dedicated/Mobile |
AMD Radeon 890M vs RTX 2050 Specs Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 2050 |
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— | SM Counts | 16 SM |
16 CUs | Compute Units | — |
1024 Units | Shaders / Stream Processors/ Cuda Cores | 2048 Units |
64 | TMUs (Texture Mapping Units) | 64 |
32 | ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline) | 32 |
— | Tensor Cores | 64 |
16 | RayTracing Cores | 32 |
32 KB per WGP | L0 Cache | — |
128 KB per Array | L1 Cache | 64 KB (per SM) |
2 MB | L2 Cache | 2 MB |
400 MHz | Base Clock | 735 ~ 1185 MHz |
2900 MHz | Boost Clock | 1245 ~ 1477 MHz |
AMD Radeon 890m has 1024 stream processors while RTX 2050 has 2048 CUDA cores; the 890m boost is higher than the RTX 2050.
RTX 2050 GPU has Tensor cores and 32 RT cores while AMD 890m doesn’t have any tensor cores/AI cores but it does have 16 RT cores.
RTX 2050 laptop GPU does have the advantage of having more shader units, TMUs, and ROP than AMD 890M iGPU.
RTX 2050 30W has a 735-1245 MHz base and boost, RTX 2050 35W has a 982-1372 MHz base and boost, and RTX 2050 45W has 1185-1477 MHz.
AMD 890M vs Nvidia RTX 2050 Board Design Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 2050 |
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34 billion | Transistors | 8.7 billion |
4 nm | Process Size | 8 nm |
233 mm² | Die Size | 200 mm² |
145.9M / mm² | Density | 43.5M / mm² |
FP8 | Chip Package | FCBGA-1358 |
15W | TDP (Total Draw Power) | 30W-45W |
IGP | Slot Width | IGP |
Portable Device Dependent | Outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
PCIe 4.0 x8 | Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x8 |
None | Power Connectors | None |
890m igpu has 34 billion transistors compared to 8.7 billion transistors of RTX 2050 graphics card. The process node of 890m is 4nm while Nvidia RTX 2050 has 8nm which made a huge difference in no. of transistors.
RTX 2050 is a laptop/mobile GPU that draws very little power and comes in 3 different variants 30W, 35W, and 45W, while Radeon 890M is an integrated GPU that draws 17-30W of power.
Despite the difference in power wattage, AMD 890m gets pretty close to RTX 2050 in gaming performance.
Radeon 890M vs RTX 2050 Memory Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 2050 |
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System Shared | Memory Size | 4 GB |
System Shared | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
System Shared | Memory Bus | 64-bit |
System Shared | Memory Clock | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
System Dependent | Bandwidth | 112.0 GB/s |
AMD Radeon 890m graphics is an iGPU so it shares its VRAM capacity with the system RAM. The capacity can be increased via bios. 890m GPU default VRAM capacity is 4GB.
RTX 2050 Nvidia has its own VRAM memory, RTX 2050 VRAM is 4GB GDDR6 type memory which is faster than system RAM memory speeds.
RTX 2050 vs 890M Theoretical Performance Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 2050 |
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92.8 GPixel/s | Pixel Fill Rate | 39.84 ~ 47.26 GPixel/s |
185.6 GTexel/s | Texture Fill Rate | 79.68 ~ 94.52 GTexel/s |
11.8 TFLOPS | FP16 (Half) | 10.20 ~ 12.10 TFLOPS |
5.939 TFLOPS | FP32 (Float) | 5.10 ~ 6.05 TFLOPS |
0.371 TFLOPS | FP64 (Double) | 0.159 ~ 0.189 TFLOPS |
Radeon 890m Teraflops is 5.939 TFLOPS while RTX 2050 Tflops is 5.10 TFLOPS.
Higher Clocks affect the no. of Texture rate and Pixel rate so AMD Radeon 890M RDNA 3.5 GPU has higher Texture and Pixel rates.
I have also included the clocks and flops of other variants of RTX 2050 such as 35W and 45W.
RTX 2050 vs 890M API Features Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | Nvidia RTX 2050 |
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12 Ultimate (12_2) | DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
2.1 | OpenCL | 3.0 |
— | Cuda | 8.6 |
1.3 | Vulkan | 1.3 |
6.8 | Shader Model | 6.8 |
2.1 | DisplayPort | — |
2.1 | HDMI | — |
2.3 | HDCP Version | 2.2 |
AMD Radeon 890M vs Geforce RTX 2050 Benchmark Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 2050 (35W) |
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3451 | Time Spy Graphics | 3186 |
9622 | Firestrike Graphics | 8815 |
43082 | OpenCL | 43511 |
47829 | Vulkan | 40112 |
7886 | Passmark | 7690 |
AMD Radeon 890m Time spy score is 3451 while RTX 2050 Timespy score is 3912.
Nvidia RTX 2050 Firestrike score is 8815 while AMD 890M GPU has 9622. AMD Radeon 890m Open Cl score and Vulkan score are 43082 and 47829 while RTX 2050 has 43511 Open Cl and 40112 Vulkan score.
RTX 2050 Passmark score is 7690 while Radeon 890m Passmark score is 7886.
The device used for the Radeon 890m test is Asus Vivobook S14 with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU with 890M iGPU, 24 GB LPDDR5X-7500 MT/s RAM was used.
For RTX 2050, Acer Aspire 5 A515-58GM-76S8 with i7-1355U CPU and 16GB DDR4-3200 MT/s RAM with RTX 2050 35W was used for this synthetic test.
AMD Radeon 890M vs RTX 2050 Gaming Performance Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M (30W) Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Games Graphics Settings | RTX 2050M (30-35W) |
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AVG 29 FPS | Metro Exodus 1080 High, AF x16 | AVG 32 FPS |
AVG 36 FPS | Borderlands 3 1080p High | AVG 40 FPS |
AVG 51 FPS | FarCry 6 1080p High | AVG 49 FPS |
AVG 54 FPS | Gears 5 1080p High | AVG 54 FPS |
AVG 30 FPS | Cyberpunk 2077 1080p High | AVG 27 FPS |
Conclusion
AMD 890m iGPU won against RTX 2050 30W in 3 out of 5 games; Both RTX 2050 and 890M are close in terms of gaming performance.
AMD Radeon 890m is a good contender to RTX 2050 30-35W; at 1080p med settings gaming at 50+ FPS is possible and with FSR, the FPS can easily reach 60+.
FAQs
Is a RTX 2050 good for gaming in 2024?
It is performing fine at 1080p gaming even in 2024, easily getting 50-60+ fps on Med settings.
Which is better RTX 2050 or Radeon 890M?
AMD Radeon 890M won against RTX 2050 at 30W TDP with a very small margin.
What are the computing capabilities of RTX 2050 and Radeon 890M?
RTX 2050 compute capability is 5.1 TFLOPS while Radeon 890m is 5.9 TFLOPS.