Radeon 780M vs GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	296	302
Place by popularity	20	49
Power efficiency	28.50	83.71
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA107	Phoenix
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	17 December 2021 (3 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	768
Core clock speed	1185 MHz	800 MHz
Boost clock speed	1477 MHz	2700 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	129.6
Floating-point processing power	6.05 TFLOPS	8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	32
TMUs	64	48
Tensor Cores	256	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	32	12

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	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.6	-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 2050 Mobile 18.69
+2.1%

Radeon 780M 18.30

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2050 Mobile 12495

Radeon 780M 12785
+2.3%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2050 Mobile 46821
+12.5%

Radeon 780M 41622

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2050 Mobile 8965
+12.2%

Radeon 780M 7987

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2050 Mobile 58257
+21.1%

Radeon 780M 48112

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 2050 Mobile 3221
+14.1%

Radeon 780M 2822

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	42 +16.7%	36 −16.7%
1440p	34 +70%	20 −70%
4K	25 +92.3%	13 −92.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

49
+25.6%

−25.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +2.4%	40−45 −2.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 +40%	30−33 −40%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +1.7%	60−65 −1.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	42 +35.5%	31 −35.5%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +2.3%	40−45 −2.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +2%	45−50 −2%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +1.7%	110−120 −1.7%
Hitman 3	44 +25.7%	35−40 −25.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +1.1%	90−95 −1.1%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +1.6%	60−65 −1.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +2%	45−50 −2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 +1.7%	60−65 −1.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +1.1%	85−90 −1.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +2.4%	40−45 −2.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 −42.9%	30−33 +42.9%
Battlefield 5	60−65 +1.7%	60−65 −1.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 +25%	24 −25%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +2.3%	40−45 −2.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 +2%	45−50 −2%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +1.7%	110−120 −1.7%
Hitman 3	43 +22.9%	35−40 −22.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +1.1%	90−95 −1.1%
Metro Exodus	60−65 +1.6%	60−65 −1.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 +2%	45−50 −2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62 +14.8%	54 −14.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 +1.1%	85−90 −1.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 +2.4%	40−45 −2.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 −329%	30−33 +329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	25 +8.7%	23 −8.7%
Far Cry 5	40−45 +2.3%	40−45 −2.3%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +1.7%	110−120 −1.7%
Hitman 3	39 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 +71.7%	53 −71.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55 +19.6%	46 −19.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33 +13.8%	29 −13.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18 +0%	18 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
+2%

45−50

−2%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 +2.9%	35−40 −2.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 +5%	20−22 −5%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%
Far Cry 5	21−24 +4.8%	21−24 −4.8%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 +3%	100−105 −3%
Hitman 3	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 +2.7%	35−40 −2.7%
Metro Exodus	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 +46.9%	32 −46.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 +5%	20 −5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 +0.9%	110−120 −0.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
+3.3%

30−33

−3.3%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Hitman 3	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 +2.1%	90−95 −2.1%
Metro Exodus	20−22 +5.3%	18−20 −5.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 +26.7%	15 −26.7%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 +0%	9−10 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 +33.3%	3−4 −33.3%
Far Cry 5	10−11 +0%	10−11 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 +17.6%	17 −17.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 +0%	8−9 +0%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

+0%

16−18

+0%

This is how RTX 2050 Mobile and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 17% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 70% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 92% faster in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 72% faster.
in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the Radeon 780M is 329% faster.

All in all, in popular games: