GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs Radeon R8 M445DX

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R8 M445DX and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R8 M445DX
2016
2.07

RTX 3050 Mobile outperforms R8 M445DX by a whopping 1044% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking879237
Place by popularitynot in top-10044
Power efficiencyno data21.64
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameMesoGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)11 May 2021 (3 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 cores3202048
Core clock speed780 MHz712 MHz
Boost clock speed1021 MHz1057 MHz
Number of transistors1,550 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data75 Watt
Texture fill rate20.4267.65
Floating-point processing power0.6534 TFLOPS4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs840
TMUs2064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 sizemedium sizedlarge
InterfaceIGPPCIe 4.0 x16

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 SharedGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared4 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputsNo outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.06.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
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.

R8 M445DX 2.07
RTX 3050 Mobile 23.68
+1044%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

R8 M445DX 796
RTX 3050 Mobile 9122
+1046%

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.

R8 M445DX 3775
RTX 3050 Mobile 21358
+466%

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.

R8 M445DX 6853
RTX 3050 Mobile 77234
+1027%

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.

R8 M445DX 2209
RTX 3050 Mobile 15685
+610%

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.

R8 M445DX 12377
RTX 3050 Mobile 90224
+629%

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

R8 M445DX 71829
RTX 3050 Mobile 580370
+708%

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 HD14
−564%
93
+564%
1440p4−5
−1150%
50
+1150%
4K2−3
−1550%
33
+1550%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−2020%
106
+2020%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−3800%
75−80
+3800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−860%
45−50
+860%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1560%
83
+1560%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1140%
60−65
+1140%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1650%
140−150
+1650%
Hitman 3 7−8
−571%
45−50
+571%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−511%
110−120
+511%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1450%
60−65
+1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−700%
80−85
+700%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−178%
100−105
+178%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Battlefield 5 2−3
−3800%
75−80
+3800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−860%
45−50
+860%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1120%
61
+1120%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1140%
60−65
+1140%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1650%
140−150
+1650%
Hitman 3 7−8
−571%
45−50
+571%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−511%
110−120
+511%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1450%
60−65
+1450%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−1130%
123
+1130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
−143%
50−55
+143%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−178%
100−105
+178%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−643%
50−55
+643%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−860%
45−50
+860%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−1120%
61
+1120%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1733%
55−60
+1733%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−1650%
140−150
+1650%
Hitman 3 7−8
−571%
45−50
+571%
Horizon Zero Dawn 18−20
−494%
107
+494%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 10−11
−960%
106
+960%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−442%
65
+442%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−97.2%
71
+97.2%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1450%
60−65
+1450%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−1400%
45−50
+1400%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1100%
35−40
+1100%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−2600%
27−30
+2600%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−2900%
30
+2900%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%
Hitman 3 7−8
−300%
27−30
+300%
Horizon Zero Dawn 6−7
−1200%
78
+1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−2800%
27−30
+2800%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−1127%
130−140
+1127%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−680%
35−40
+680%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−600%
14−16
+600%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−2300%
24
+2300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1200%
12−14
+1200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 19

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−600%
21−24
+600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75
+0%
75
+0%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 62
+0%
62
+0%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+0%
80−85
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+0%
53
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40
+0%
40
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+0%
130−140
+0%
Metro Exodus 69
+0%
69
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 78
+0%
78
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%
Hitman 3 34
+0%
34
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+0%
120−130
+0%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
+0%
44
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 12
+0%
12
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45
+0%
45
+0%

This is how R8 M445DX and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 564% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 1150% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 1550% faster in 4K

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

  • in Battlefield 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 3800% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Mobile is ahead in 54 tests (76%)
  • there's a draw in 17 tests (24%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 2.07 23.68
Recency 15 May 2016 11 May 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX 3050 Mobile has a 1044% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R8 M445DX in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon R8 M445DX
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