Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) vs 8050S

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Radeon RX Vega 2 Radeon RX Vega 3 Radeon RX Vega 5 Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) Radeon RX Vega 9

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8050S and Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8050S
2025
37.29
+614%

8050S outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 614% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Contents

Radeon 8050S Radeon 8050S
RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking93602
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data27.60
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)Vega (2017−2020)
GPU code nameStrix PointVega Renoir
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2025 (recently)7 January 2020 (5 years 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 cores2048384
Core clock speed1295 MHz400 MHz
Boost clock speed2335 MHz1500 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nm7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data15 Watt
Texture fill rate298.9no data
Floating-point processing power9.564 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data
Ray Tracing Cores32no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 typeSystem Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_1
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 HD140−150
+600%
20
−600%
1440p170−180
+608%
24
−608%
4K120−130
+567%
18
−567%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 19
+0%
19
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 52
+0%
52
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
+0%
13
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 15
+0%
15
+0%
Battlefield 5 22
+0%
22
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 34
+0%
34
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 10
+0%
10
+0%
Far Cry 5 15
+0%
15
+0%
Fortnite 33
+0%
33
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 12
+0%
12
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Valorant 97
+0%
97
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 9
+0%
9
+0%
Battlefield 5 21
+0%
21
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 14
+0%
14
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 56
+0%
56
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 7
+0%
7
+0%
Dota 2 42
+0%
42
+0%
Far Cry 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Fortnite 22
+0%
22
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Forza Horizon 5 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 15
+0%
15
+0%
Metro Exodus 8
+0%
8
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 16
+0%
16
+0%
Valorant 73
+0%
73
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 19
+0%
19
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 8
+0%
8
+0%
Dota 2 40
+0%
40
+0%
Far Cry 5 16
+0%
16
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
+0%
11
+0%
Valorant 19
+0%
19
+0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 40−45
+0%
40−45
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 7−8
+0%
7−8
+0%
Metro Exodus 5−6
+0%
5−6
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%
Valorant 49
+0%
49
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 10−12
+0%
10−12
+0%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Valorant 22
+0%
22
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
Dota 2 19
+0%
19
+0%
Far Cry 5 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%

This is how Radeon 8050S and RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8050S is 600% faster in 1080p
  • Radeon 8050S is 608% faster in 1440p
  • Radeon 8050S is 567% faster in 4K

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 60 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score 37.29 5.22
Chip lithography 4 nm 7 nm

Radeon 8050S has a 614.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon 8050S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

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