GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX 6800 XT with GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RX 6800 XT
2020
16 GB GDDR6, 300 Watt
64.86
+73.5%

RX 6800 XT outperforms RTX 4050 Mobile by an impressive 73% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking28121
Place by popularitynot in top-10041
Cost-effectiveness evaluation50.43no data
Power efficiency15.6053.95
ArchitectureRDNA 2.0 (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 21AD107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date28 October 2020 (4 years ago)3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$649 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores46082560
Core clock speed1825 MHz1455 MHz
Boost clock speed2250 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors26,800 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)300 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate648.0140.4
Floating-point processing power20.74 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs12832
TMUs28880
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Cores7220

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount16 GB6 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth512.0 GB/s192.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-CPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.13.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA-8.9

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.

RX 6800 XT 64.86
+73.5%
RTX 4050 Mobile 37.39

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.

RX 6800 XT 25027
+73.4%
RTX 4050 Mobile 14429

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.

RX 6800 XT 96516
+12.7%
RTX 4050 Mobile 85660

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.

RX 6800 XT 52046
+70.8%
RTX 4050 Mobile 30465

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.

RX 6800 XT 49735
+122%
RTX 4050 Mobile 22400

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.

RX 6800 XT 193053
+44%
RTX 4050 Mobile 134084

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.

RX 6800 XT 504438
RTX 4050 Mobile 552112
+9.5%

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 HD198
+106%
96
−106%
1440p135
+165%
51
−165%
4K91
+194%
31
−194%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+21.4%
103
−21.4%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130−140
+61.4%
80−85
−61.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 158
+35%
117
−35%
Battlefield 5 200−210
+63.5%
120−130
−63.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+46.8%
75−80
−46.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+50.6%
83
−50.6%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+35.3%
85−90
−35.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 150−160
+61.9%
95−100
−61.9%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+22%
190−200
−22%
Hitman 3 132
+59%
80−85
−59%
Horizon Zero Dawn 240−250
+47.2%
160−170
−47.2%
Metro Exodus 144
+15.2%
120−130
−15.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 122
+34.1%
90−95
−34.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 260−270
+87.4%
140−150
−87.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 309
+141%
120−130
−141%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130−140
+61.4%
80−85
−61.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 135
+46.7%
92
−46.7%
Battlefield 5 200−210
+63.5%
120−130
−63.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+46.8%
75−80
−46.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+76.1%
71
−76.1%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+35.3%
85−90
−35.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 150−160
+61.9%
95−100
−61.9%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+22%
190−200
−22%
Hitman 3 136
+63.9%
80−85
−63.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn 240−250
+47.2%
160−170
−47.2%
Metro Exodus 144
+15.2%
120−130
−15.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+30.8%
90−95
−30.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 355
+111%
168
−111%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
+69.1%
80−85
−69.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 309
+141%
120−130
−141%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 130−140
+61.4%
80−85
−61.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 118
+68.6%
70
−68.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 110−120
+46.8%
75−80
−46.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 120−130
+92.3%
65
−92.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
+35.3%
85−90
−35.3%
Forza Horizon 4 230−240
+22%
190−200
−22%
Hitman 3 122
+47%
80−85
−47%
Horizon Zero Dawn 279
+71.2%
160−170
−71.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 302
+108%
145
−108%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 160
+100%
80
−100%
Watch Dogs: Legion 112
+115%
52
−115%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120
+31.9%
90−95
−31.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 140−150
+98.7%
75−80
−98.7%
Far Cry New Dawn 100−110
+70%
60−65
−70%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+78.6%
40−45
−78.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 98
+128%
40−45
−128%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+65.2%
45−50
−65.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 65−70
+83.3%
36
−83.3%
Far Cry 5 75−80
+68.9%
45−50
−68.9%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
+23.2%
220−230
−23.2%
Hitman 3 114
+124%
50−55
−124%
Horizon Zero Dawn 215
+153%
85−90
−153%
Metro Exodus 112
+53.4%
70−75
−53.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 222
+164%
84
−164%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
+93.2%
59
−93.2%
Watch Dogs: Legion 314
+63.5%
190−200
−63.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 116
+73.1%
65−70
−73.1%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 75−80
+100%
35−40
−100%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+93.9%
30−35
−93.9%
Hitman 3 55−60
+75%
30−35
−75%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
+23.8%
180−190
−23.8%
Metro Exodus 126
+152%
50−55
−152%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110
+134%
47
−134%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+100%
24−27
−100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 65
+171%
24−27
−171%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+88%
24−27
−88%
Cyberpunk 2077 30−35
+72.2%
18
−72.2%
Far Cry 5 45−50
+95.7%
21−24
−95.7%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+96.3%
50−55
−96.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 133
+151%
53
−151%
Watch Dogs: Legion 49
+88.5%
26
−88.5%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 76
+117%
35−40
−117%

This is how RX 6800 XT and RTX 4050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RX 6800 XT is 106% faster in 1080p
  • RX 6800 XT is 165% faster in 1440p
  • RX 6800 XT is 194% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RX 6800 XT is 171% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RX 6800 XT surpassed RTX 4050 Mobile in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 64.86 37.39
Recency 28 October 2020 3 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 300 Watt 50 Watt

RX 6800 XT has a 73.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 166.7% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 500% lower power consumption.

The Radeon RX 6800 XT is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 6800 XT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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