GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

Place in the ranking	643	296
Place by popularity	not in top-100	20
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	3.95	no data
Power efficiency	9.36	28.45
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Lexa	GA107
Market segment	Workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2017 (7 years ago)	17 December 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	512	2048
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1185 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	39.01	94.53
Floating-point processing power	1.248 TFLOPS	6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	32	64
Tensor Cores	no data	256
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	32

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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	168 mm	no data
Width	1-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
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 DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	-	+

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync	+	-
VR Ready	no data	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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	10−12 −320%	42 +320%
1440p	8−9 −325%	34 +325%
4K	6−7 −317%	25 +317%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	14.90	no data
1440p	18.63	no data
4K	24.83	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−513%

49
+513%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −223%	40−45 +223%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −740%	42 +740%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −408%	60−65 +408%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −280%	35−40 +280%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −425%	42 +425%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −340%	40−45 +340%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −290%	110−120 +290%
Hitman 3	10−11 −340%	44 +340%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −194%	90−95 +194%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −482%	60−65 +482%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −259%	60−65 +259%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −95.6%	85−90 +95.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −223%	40−45 +223%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −320%	21 +320%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −408%	60−65 +408%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −280%	35−40 +280%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −275%	30 +275%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −340%	40−45 +340%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −290%	110−120 +290%
Hitman 3	10−11 −330%	43 +330%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −194%	90−95 +194%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −482%	60−65 +482%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −285%	50−55 +285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −265%	62 +265%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −147%	40−45 +147%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −95.6%	85−90 +95.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −223%	40−45 +223%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −40%	7 +40%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −280%	35−40 +280%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −213%	25 +213%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −340%	40−45 +340%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −290%	110−120 +290%
Hitman 3	10−11 −290%	39 +290%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −194%	90−95 +194%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −224%	55 +224%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −94.1%	33 +94.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +150%	18 −150%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−285%

50−55
+285%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −300%	35−40 +300%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −300%	27−30 +300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −375%	18−20 +375%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −450%	10−12 +450%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −340%	21−24 +340%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1044%	100−110 +1044%
Hitman 3	9−10 −144%	21−24 +144%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −245%	35−40 +245%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −425%	21−24 +425%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −270%	110−120 +270%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−244%

30−35
+244%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1820%	95−100 +1820%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1800%	18−20 +1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −267%	10−12 +267%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	4−5
Far Cry 5	2−3 −400%	10−11 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −525%	24−27 +525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −700%	8−9 +700%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−220%

16−18
+220%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 +0%	47 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

20−22

+0%

20−22

+0%

This is how PRO WX 2100 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 2050 Mobile is 320% faster in 1080p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 325% faster in 1440p
RTX 2050 Mobile is 317% faster in 4K

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

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the PRO WX 2100 is 150% faster.
in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 1900% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

PRO WX 2100 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 67 tests (94%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.78	18.68
Recency	4 June 2017	17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

PRO WX 2100 has 28.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 290.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon PRO WX 2100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 2100 is a workstation card while GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.