Radeon 740M vs GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	294	503
Place by popularity	17	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.89	38.71
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA107	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)	4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	256
Core clock speed	1185 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1477 MHz	2500 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	15 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.53	40.00
Floating-point processing power	6.05 TFLOPS	2.56 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	8
TMUs	64	16
Tensor Cores	256	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	32	4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	no data	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	System Shared
Memory bus width	64 Bit	System Shared
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	System Shared
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	43 +105%	21 −105%
1440p	36 +125%	16−18 −125%
4K	32 +129%	14−16 −129%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

49
+250%

14−16

−250%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +100%	21−24 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +223%	12−14 −223%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +126%	27−30 −126%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	42 +200%	14−16 −200%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +120%	20−22 −120%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +100%	24−27 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +98.3%	55−60 −98.3%
Hitman 3	44 +159%	16−18 −159%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +82%	50−55 −82%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +137%	27−30 −137%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +108%	24−27 −108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +110%	27−30 −110%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +49.2%	55−60 −49.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +100%	21−24 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 +61.5%	12−14 −61.5%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +126%	27−30 −126%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +114%	14−16 −114%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +120%	20−22 −120%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +100%	24−27 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +98.3%	55−60 −98.3%
Hitman 3	43 +153%	16−18 −153%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +82%	50−55 −82%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +137%	27−30 −137%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +108%	24−27 −108%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62 +114%	27−30 −114%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +68%	24−27 −68%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +49.2%	55−60 −49.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +100%	21−24 −100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 −85.7%	12−14 +85.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%
Cyberpunk 2077	25 +78.6%	14−16 −78.6%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +120%	20−22 −120%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +98.3%	55−60 −98.3%
Hitman 3	39 +129%	16−18 −129%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +82%	50−55 −82%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55 +89.7%	27−30 −89.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33 +32%	24−27 −32%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18 −228%	55−60 +228%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
+108%

24−27

−108%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +112%	16−18 −112%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +115%	12−14 −115%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +138%	8−9 −138%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +300%	4−5 −300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +133%	9−10 −133%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +175%	4−5 −175%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +120%	10−11 −120%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +186%	35−40 −186%
Hitman 3	21−24 +83.3%	12−14 −83.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +111%	18−20 −111%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +183%	12−14 −183%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 +422%	9−10 −422%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +163%	8−9 −163%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +98.2%	55−60 −98.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+107%

14−16

−107%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +125%	8−9 −125%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +133%	6−7 −133%
Hitman 3	14−16 +180%	5−6 −180%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +182%	30−35 −182%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +233%	6−7 −233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +217%	6−7 −217%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +120%	5−6 −120%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +125%	4−5 −125%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +150%	4−5 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +300%	1−2 −300%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +100%	5−6 −100%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +150%	10−11 −150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 +300%	5−6 −300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +167%	3−4 −167%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18
+77.8%

9−10

−77.8%

This is how RTX 2050 Mobile and Radeon 740M compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 105% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 125% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 129% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1440p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 422% faster.
in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 740M is 228% faster.

All in all, in popular games: