Radeon 890M vs RTX 4050: Which One is Better?

Alex Jones

Radeon 890M Vs RTX 4050 Comparison

AMD Latest Radeon 890M vs Nvidia Geforce RTX 4050 mobile Which one will perform better? Let’s compare the two.

AMD Radeon 890M is an integrated graphics card that is based on RDNA 3.5 architecture and only uses 15-20W power.

Nvidia RTX 4050 Mobile is a dedicated graphics card for laptops that is based on Ada Lovelace architecture and uses 75W of total power while other variants may use up to 95W of power.

Graphics Card Comparison between Radeon 890M vs RTX 4050

AMD Radeon 890MVSNvidia RTX 4050
PhoenixGPU CodenameAD107
RDNA 3.5ArchitectureADA Lovelace
15th July, 2024Release dateJan 3rd, 2023
Navi III IGPGenerationGeForce 40 Mobile
TSMCFoundryTSMC
Laptop, DesktopMarket SegmentLaptop
ActiveProductionActive
IntegratedTypeDedicated/Mobile

AMD Radeon 890M vs RTX 4050 Specs Comparison

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 4050
SM Counts20 SM
16 CUsCompute Units
1024 UnitsShaders / Stream Processors/ Cuda Cores2560 Units
64TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)80
32ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)48
Tensor Cores80
16RayTracing Cores20
32 KB per WGPL0 Cache
128 KB per ArrayL1 Cache128 KB (per SM)
2 MBL2 Cache12 MB
400 MHzBase Clock1455~2370 MHz
2900 MHzBoost Clock1755~2595 MHz

AMD Radeon 890m has 1024 stream processors while Nvidia RTX 4050 has 2560 CUDA cores; the 890m boost is higher than the RTX 4050.

RTX 4050 GPU has 80 Tensor cores and 20 RT cores while AMD 890m doesn’t have any tensor cores/AI cores but it does have 16 RT cores.

RTX 4050 laptop GPU does have the advantage of having more shader units, TMUs, and ROP than the AMD 890M iGPU.

There are variants of RTX 4050 with the same specs but different power limits and clock speeds.

AMD 890M vs Nvidia RTX 4050 Board Design Comparison

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 4050
34 billionTransistors18.9 billion
4 nmProcess Size5 nm
233 mm²Die Size159 mm²
145.9M / mm²Density118.9M / mm²
FP8Chip PackageFCBGA-1358
15WTDP (Total Draw Power)50W-115W
IGPSlot WidthIGP
Portable Device DependentOutputsPortable Device Dependent
PCIe 4.0 x8Bus InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
NonePower ConnectorsNone

890m igpu has 34 billion transistors compared to 18.9 billion transistors of the Nvidia RTX 4050 graphics card. The process node of 890m is 4nm while Nvidia RTX 4050 has 5nm which made a huge difference in no. of transistors.

RTX 4050 is a laptop/mobile GPU that draws power from a minimum of 50W and some variants can use up to 115W while Radeon 890M is an integrated GPU that draws 17-30W of power.

Radeon 890M vs Nvidia Geforce RTX 4050 Memory Comparison

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 4050
System SharedMemory Size6 GB
System SharedMemory TypeGDDR6
System SharedMemory Bus96-bit
System SharedMemory Clock2000 MHz
16 Gbps effective
System DependentBandwidth192.0 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 4050 mobile has its own VRAM memory, and Nvidia RTX 4050 Laptop VRAM is 6GB GDDR6 type memory which is faster than system RAM memory speeds.

RTX 4050 vs 890M Theoretical Performance Comparison

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 4050
92.8 GPixel/sPixel Fill Rate84.24~124.56 GPixel/s
185.6 GTexel/sTexture Fill Rate140.4~207.6 GTexel/s
11.8 TFLOPSFP16 (Half)8.986~13.29 TFLOPS
5.939 TFLOPSFP32 (Float)8.986~13.29 TFLOPS
0.371 TFLOPSFP64 (Double)0.140~0.207 TFLOPS

Radeon 890m Teraflops is 5.939 TFLOPS while Nvidia RTX 4050 Tflops is 8.9~13.29 TFLOPS.

Some Nvidia RTX 4050 graphics have lower pixels, Texture Rate, and Tflops compared to 890M while some RTX 4050 laptop has higher TDP and hence more clocks which results in higher pixels, Texture rate, and Tflops than 890M.

RTX 4050 vs 890M API Features Comparison

AMD Radeon 890MVSNvidia RTX 4050
12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6OpenGL4.6
2.1OpenCL3.0
Cuda8.9
1.3Vulkan1.3
6.8Shader Model6.8
2.1DisplayPort
2.1HDMI
2.3HDCP Version2.3

AMD Radeon 890M vs Nvidia RTX 4050 Benchmark Comparison

Radeon 890M Vs RTX 4050 Benchmark Comparison
Credit: GamingTechware

AMD Radeon 890MVSRTX 4050
3451Time Spy Graphics8692
9622Firestrike Graphics22899
43082OpenCL78190
47829Vulkan73140
7886Passmark14511

AMD Radeon 890m Time spy score is 3451 while RTX 4050 Timespy score is 8692.

Nvidia RTX 4050 Firestrike score is 22899 while AMD 890M GPU has 9622. AMD Radeon 890m Open Cl score and Vulkan score are 43082 and 47829 while RTX 4050 has 78190 Open Cl and 73140 Vulkan score.

RTX 4050 Passmark score is 14511 while Radeon 890m Passmark score is 7886.

AMD Radeon 890M vs RTX 4050 Gaming Performance Comparison

The device used for Radeon 890M gaming test is Asus Zenbook S 16 2024 UM5606WA with Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 CPU and 890m iGPU, 32GB LPDDR5X-7500 MT/s RAM, 1TB Gen 4 SSD, and Win 11.

The device used for the Nvidia RTX 4050 GPU gaming test is an HP Victus 15 with Intel core i7-12650H CPU, Nvidia Geforce RTX 4050 (75W) GPU, 32GB DDR4-3200 MT/s RAM, 512GB SSD and Win 11.

Radeon 890M Vs. RTX 4050 Gaming Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

AMD Radeon 890M (30W)
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370
Games
Graphics Settings
RTX 4050M (75W)
AVG 49 FPSForza Horizon 5
1080 Extreme
AVG 51 FPS
AVG 52 FPSThe Witcher 3
1080p Ultra, RT on, FSR/DLSS Qual
AVG 54 FPS
AVG 51 FPSGhost of Tsushima
1080p V.High, FSR
AVG 49 FPS
AVG 53 FPSGTA 5
1080p V.High
AVG 55 FPS
AVG 47 FPSCyberpunk 2077
1080p High, DLSS/FSR, RT Ultra
AVG 48 FPS
AVG 55 FPSGod of War
1080p Ultra, DLSS/FSR
AVG 57 FPS
AVG 58 FPSElden Ring
1080p Max, RT max
AVG 60 FPS
AVG 50 FPSRDR2
1080p Ultra
AVG 52 FPS
Total of 8 Games was benchmarked.

Conclusion

Nvidia RTX 4050 won in every game tested against AMD Radeon 890M by 2-3 FPS. Even though RTX 4050 was using 75W power it was barely faster than 890M iGPU which only used 30-60W as a total package.

Some games were tested with RTX ultra and ultra settings with FSR/DLSS all games really smooth easily getting FPS above 45 and reaching up to 60 FPS.

Radeon 890m was showing its power as an iGPU competing with the Nvidia RTX 4050 Mid-range graphics card at 1080p ultra/high settings.

With Radeon 890M at 1080p med/high settings without FSR, these integrated graphics are really a banger for gaming at low TDP.

FAQs

Is the Nvidia RTX 4050 good for gaming in 2024?

It is performing fine at 1080p gaming even in 2024, easily getting 45-60+ fps on Ultra settings with DLSS Quality. You can turn down graphical settings to High/Med and easily get above 60 FPS for AAA games.

Which is better RTX 4050 or Radeon 890M?

RTX 4050 won against Radeon 890m but with a very small margin. The difference was negligible with only 2-3 differences in a total of 8 benchmarked games.

What are the computing capabilities of RTX 4050 and Radeon 890M?

Nvidia RTX 4050 Tflops 8.9~13.29 TFLOPS while Radeon 890m Tflops 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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