Radeon 890M Vs RTX 2050: Which One is Better?

Alex Jones

Radeon 890M Vs RTX 2050 Comparison

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 890MVSNvidia RTX 2050
PhoenixGPU CodenameGA107
RDNA 3.5ArchitectureAmpere
15th July, 2024Release dateDec 17th, 2021
Navi III IGPGenerationGeForce 20 Mobile
TSMCFoundrySamsung
Laptop, DesktopMarket SegmentLaptop
ActiveProductionActive
IntegratedTypeDedicated/Mobile

AMD Radeon 890M vs RTX 2050 Specs Comparison

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 2050
SM Counts16 SM
16 CUsCompute Units
1024 UnitsShaders / Stream Processors/ Cuda Cores2048 Units
64TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)64
32ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)32
Tensor Cores64
16RayTracing Cores32
32 KB per WGPL0 Cache
128 KB per ArrayL1 Cache64 KB (per SM)
2 MBL2 Cache2 MB
400 MHzBase Clock735 ~ 1185 MHz
2900 MHzBoost Clock1245 ~ 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 890MVSRTX 2050
34 billionTransistors8.7 billion
4 nmProcess Size8 nm
233 mm²Die Size200 mm²
145.9M / mm²Density43.5M / mm²
FP8Chip PackageFCBGA-1358
15WTDP (Total Draw Power)30W-45W
IGPSlot WidthIGP
Portable Device DependentOutputsPortable Device Dependent
PCIe 4.0 x8Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8
NonePower ConnectorsNone

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 890MVSRTX 2050
System SharedMemory Size4 GB
System SharedMemory TypeGDDR6
System SharedMemory Bus64-bit
System SharedMemory Clock1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
System DependentBandwidth112.0 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 890MVSRTX 2050
92.8 GPixel/sPixel Fill Rate39.84 ~ 47.26 GPixel/s
185.6 GTexel/sTexture Fill Rate79.68 ~ 94.52 GTexel/s
11.8 TFLOPSFP16 (Half)10.20 ~ 12.10 TFLOPS
5.939 TFLOPSFP32 (Float)5.10 ~ 6.05 TFLOPS
0.371 TFLOPSFP64 (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 890MVSNvidia RTX 2050
12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6OpenGL4.6
2.1OpenCL3.0
Cuda8.6
1.3Vulkan1.3
6.8Shader Model6.8
2.1DisplayPort
2.1HDMI
2.3HDCP Version2.2

AMD Radeon 890M vs Geforce RTX 2050 Benchmark Comparison

Radeon 890M Vs RTX 2050 Benchmark Comparison
Credit: GamingTechware

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 2050 (35W)
3451Time Spy Graphics3186
9622Firestrike Graphics8815
43082OpenCL43511
47829Vulkan40112
7886Passmark7690

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 vs RTX 2050 Gaming Benchmark Comparison
Credit: GamingTechware

AMD Radeon 890M (30W)
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Games
Graphics Settings
RTX 2050M (30-35W)
AVG 29 FPSMetro Exodus
1080 High, AF x16
AVG 32 FPS
AVG 36 FPSBorderlands 3
1080p High
AVG 40 FPS
AVG 51 FPSFarCry 6
1080p High
AVG 49 FPS
AVG 54 FPSGears 5
1080p High
AVG 54 FPS
AVG 30 FPSCyberpunk 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.

Hii, I am Alex, have attained my B.Tech Deg. in CSE. I love to Read about Gaming PCs, Laptops and compare their Specs. A Techie Blogger just want to share my Knowledge about Gaming Hardware.

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