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 890M | VS | Nvidia RTX 4050 |
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Phoenix | GPU Codename | AD107 |
RDNA 3.5 | Architecture | ADA Lovelace |
15th July, 2024 | Release date | Jan 3rd, 2023 |
Navi III IGP | Generation | GeForce 40 Mobile |
TSMC | Foundry | TSMC |
Laptop, Desktop | Market Segment | Laptop |
Active | Production | Active |
Integrated | Type | Dedicated/Mobile |
AMD Radeon 890M vs RTX 4050 Specs Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 4050 |
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— | SM Counts | 20 SM |
16 CUs | Compute Units | — |
1024 Units | Shaders / Stream Processors/ Cuda Cores | 2560 Units |
64 | TMUs (Texture Mapping Units) | 80 |
32 | ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline) | 48 |
— | Tensor Cores | 80 |
16 | RayTracing Cores | 20 |
32 KB per WGP | L0 Cache | — |
128 KB per Array | L1 Cache | 128 KB (per SM) |
2 MB | L2 Cache | 12 MB |
400 MHz | Base Clock | 1455~2370 MHz |
2900 MHz | Boost Clock | 1755~2595 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 890M | VS | RTX 4050 |
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34 billion | Transistors | 18.9 billion |
4 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
233 mm² | Die Size | 159 mm² |
145.9M / mm² | Density | 118.9M / mm² |
FP8 | Chip Package | FCBGA-1358 |
15W | TDP (Total Draw Power) | 50W-115W |
IGP | Slot Width | IGP |
Portable Device Dependent | Outputs | Portable Device Dependent |
PCIe 4.0 x8 | Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
None | Power Connectors | None |
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 890M | VS | RTX 4050 |
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System Shared | Memory Size | 6 GB |
System Shared | Memory Type | GDDR6 |
System Shared | Memory Bus | 96-bit |
System Shared | Memory Clock | 2000 MHz 16 Gbps effective |
System Dependent | Bandwidth | 192.0 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 890M | VS | RTX 4050 |
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92.8 GPixel/s | Pixel Fill Rate | 84.24~124.56 GPixel/s |
185.6 GTexel/s | Texture Fill Rate | 140.4~207.6 GTexel/s |
11.8 TFLOPS | FP16 (Half) | 8.986~13.29 TFLOPS |
5.939 TFLOPS | FP32 (Float) | 8.986~13.29 TFLOPS |
0.371 TFLOPS | FP64 (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 890M | VS | Nvidia RTX 4050 |
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12 Ultimate (12_2) | DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
4.6 | OpenGL | 4.6 |
2.1 | OpenCL | 3.0 |
— | Cuda | 8.9 |
1.3 | Vulkan | 1.3 |
6.8 | Shader Model | 6.8 |
2.1 | DisplayPort | — |
2.1 | HDMI | — |
2.3 | HDCP Version | 2.3 |
AMD Radeon 890M vs Nvidia RTX 4050 Benchmark Comparison
AMD Radeon 890M | VS | RTX 4050 |
---|---|---|
3451 | Time Spy Graphics | 8692 |
9622 | Firestrike Graphics | 22899 |
43082 | OpenCL | 78190 |
47829 | Vulkan | 73140 |
7886 | Passmark | 14511 |
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.
AMD Radeon 890M (30W) Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Games Graphics Settings | RTX 4050M (75W) |
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AVG 49 FPS | Forza Horizon 5 1080 Extreme | AVG 51 FPS |
AVG 52 FPS | The Witcher 3 1080p Ultra, RT on, FSR/DLSS Qual | AVG 54 FPS |
AVG 51 FPS | Ghost of Tsushima 1080p V.High, FSR | AVG 49 FPS |
AVG 53 FPS | GTA 5 1080p V.High | AVG 55 FPS |
AVG 47 FPS | Cyberpunk 2077 1080p High, DLSS/FSR, RT Ultra | AVG 48 FPS |
AVG 55 FPS | God of War 1080p Ultra, DLSS/FSR | AVG 57 FPS |
AVG 58 FPS | Elden Ring 1080p Max, RT max | AVG 60 FPS |
AVG 50 FPS | RDR2 1080p Ultra | AVG 52 FPS |
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.