Radeon PRO W7900 vs GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Place in the ranking	294	11
Place by popularity	18	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	16.85
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA107	Navi 31
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)	13 April 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$3,999

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	2048	6144
Core clock speed	1185 MHz	1855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1477 MHz	2495 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	57,700 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	295 Watt
Texture fill rate	94.53	958.1
Floating-point processing power	6.05 TFLOPS	61.32 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	192
TMUs	64	384
Tensor Cores	256	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	32	96

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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	280 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	2x 8-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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	112.0 GB/s	864.0 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 DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a	3x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x mini-DisplayPort 2.1
HDMI	+	-
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	2.2
Vulkan	1.3	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	44 −286%	170−180 +286%
1440p	29 −279%	110−120 +279%
4K	31 −287%	120−130 +287%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

49
−288%

190−200

+288%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −281%	160−170 +281%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	42 −281%	160−170 +281%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −293%	240−250 +293%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −295%	150−160 +295%
Cyberpunk 2077	42 −281%	160−170 +281%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −286%	170−180 +286%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −300%	200−210 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −285%	450−500 +285%
Hitman 3	44 −286%	170−180 +286%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −285%	350−400 +285%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −291%	250−260 +291%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −300%	200−210 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	60−65 −293%	240−250 +293%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −298%	350−400 +298%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −281%	160−170 +281%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	21 −281%	80−85 +281%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −293%	240−250 +293%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −295%	150−160 +295%
Cyberpunk 2077	30 −300%	120−130 +300%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −286%	170−180 +286%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −300%	200−210 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −285%	450−500 +285%
Hitman 3	43 −295%	170−180 +295%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −285%	350−400 +285%
Metro Exodus	60−65 −291%	250−260 +291%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −300%	200−210 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	62 −303%	250−260 +303%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −281%	160−170 +281%
Watch Dogs: Legion	85−90 −298%	350−400 +298%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	40−45 −281%	160−170 +281%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	7 −286%	27−30 +286%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 −295%	150−160 +295%
Cyberpunk 2077	25 −300%	100−105 +300%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −286%	170−180 +286%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 −285%	450−500 +285%
Hitman 3	39 −285%	150−160 +285%
Horizon Zero Dawn	90−95 −285%	350−400 +285%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55 −300%	220−230 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	33 −294%	130−140 +294%
Watch Dogs: Legion	18 −289%	70−75 +289%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

50−55
−300%

200−210

+300%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −289%	140−150 +289%
Far Cry New Dawn	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −295%	75−80 +295%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −275%	60−65 +275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	21−24 −281%	80−85 +281%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Far Cry 5	21−24 −286%	85−90 +286%
Forza Horizon 4	100−110 −288%	400−450 +288%
Hitman 3	21−24 −286%	85−90 +286%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −295%	150−160 +295%
Metro Exodus	30−35 −282%	130−140 +282%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	47 −283%	180−190 +283%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −281%	80−85 +281%
Watch Dogs: Legion	110−120 −260%	400−450 +260%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

30−35
−287%

120−130

+287%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	18−20 −289%	70−75 +289%
Far Cry New Dawn	14−16 −293%	55−60 +293%
Hitman 3	14−16 −293%	55−60 +293%
Horizon Zero Dawn	95−100 −265%	350−400 +265%
Metro Exodus	20−22 −300%	80−85 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	18−20 −295%	75−80 +295%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	10−12 −264%	40−45 +264%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −289%	35−40 +289%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −300%	16−18 +300%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −300%	40−45 +300%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −300%	100−105 +300%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	20−22 −300%	80−85 +300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −275%	30−33 +275%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

16−18

−275%

60−65
+275%

This is how RTX 2050 Mobile and PRO W7900 compete in popular games:

PRO W7900 is 286% faster in 1080p
PRO W7900 is 279% faster in 1440p
PRO W7900 is 287% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	18.62	75.24
Recency	17 December 2021	13 April 2023
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	45 Watt	295 Watt

RTX 2050 Mobile has 555.6% lower power consumption.

PRO W7900, on the other hand, has a 304.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The Radeon PRO W7900 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is a notebook card while Radeon PRO W7900 is a workstation one.

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