GeForce RTX 4050 vs Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870

Place in the ranking	376	125
Place by popularity	not in top-100	41
Power efficiency	14.70	25.81
Architecture	Vega (2017−2020)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	Vega Kaby Lake-G	AD107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	7 January 2018 (7 years ago)	2023 (2 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 cores	1280	2560
Core clock speed	931 MHz	2505 MHz
Boost clock speed	1011 MHz	2640 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	211.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	80
Tensor Cores	no data	120
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	18

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	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

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	HBM2	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	no data	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	216.0 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	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_1	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.9

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	44 −150%	110−120 +150%
1440p	28 −168%	75−80 +168%
4K	15 −167%	40−45 +167%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −160%	65−70 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −159%	70−75 +159%
Elden Ring	40−45 −162%	110−120 +162%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −167%	120−130 +167%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −160%	65−70 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −159%	70−75 +159%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −168%	150−160 +168%
Metro Exodus	44 −150%	110−120 +150%
Red Dead Redemption 2	48 −150%	120−130 +150%
Valorant	47 −155%	120−130 +155%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −167%	120−130 +167%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −160%	65−70 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −159%	70−75 +159%
Dota 2	27 −159%	70−75 +159%
Elden Ring	40−45 −162%	110−120 +162%
Far Cry 5	37 −157%	95−100 +157%
Fortnite	75−80 −169%	210−220 +169%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −168%	150−160 +168%
Grand Theft Auto V	41 −168%	110−120 +168%
Metro Exodus	30 −167%	80−85 +167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	129 −133%	300−310 +133%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16 −150%	40−45 +150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −162%	110−120 +162%
Valorant	30 −167%	80−85 +167%
World of Tanks	180−190 −145%	450−500 +145%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 −167%	120−130 +167%
Counter-Strike 2	24−27 −160%	65−70 +160%
Cyberpunk 2077	27−30 −159%	70−75 +159%
Dota 2	50−55 −160%	130−140 +160%
Far Cry 5	51 −155%	130−140 +155%
Forza Horizon 4	55−60 −168%	150−160 +168%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	100−110 −167%	270−280 +167%
Valorant	55−60 −155%	140−150 +155%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%
Elden Ring	21−24 −162%	55−60 +162%
Grand Theft Auto V	20−22 −150%	50−55 +150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	62 −158%	160−170 +158%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
World of Tanks	95−100 −165%	260−270 +165%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	27−30 −168%	75−80 +168%
Counter-Strike 2	12−14 −150%	30−33 +150%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−11 −170%	27−30 +170%
Far Cry 5	32 −166%	85−90 +166%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 −158%	85−90 +158%
Metro Exodus	27 −159%	70−75 +159%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −165%	45−50 +165%
Valorant	30−35 −165%	90−95 +165%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Dota 2	29 −159%	75−80 +159%
Elden Ring	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Grand Theft Auto V	29 −159%	75−80 +159%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30 −167%	80−85 +167%
Red Dead Redemption 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 −159%	75−80 +159%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −169%	35−40 +169%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −167%	24−27 +167%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −150%	10−11 +150%
Dota 2	24−27 −160%	65−70 +160%
Far Cry 5	15 −167%	40−45 +167%
Fortnite	16−18 −150%	40−45 +150%
Forza Horizon 4	18−20 −163%	50−55 +163%
Valorant	14−16 −167%	40−45 +167%

This is how RX Vega M GL / 870 and RTX 4050 compete in popular games:

RTX 4050 is 150% faster in 1080p
RTX 4050 is 168% faster in 1440p
RTX 4050 is 167% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	13.88	37.50
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	100 Watt

RX Vega M GL / 870 has 53.8% lower power consumption.

RTX 4050, on the other hand, has a 170.2% higher aggregate performance score, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 180% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4050 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop one.

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