Radeon 8050S vs RTX 5000 Ada Generation
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX 5000 Ada Generation with Radeon 8050S, including specs and performance data.
RTX 5000 Ada Generation outperforms 8050S by an impressive 84% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 11 | 93 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 21.81 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) |
| GPU code name | AD102 | Strix Point |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 9 August 2023 (1 year ago) | 2025 (recently) |
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 | 12800 | 2048 |
| Core clock speed | 1155 MHz | 1295 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2550 MHz | 2335 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 76,300 million | 34,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 250 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 1,020 | 298.9 |
| Floating-point processing power | 65.28 TFLOPS | 9.564 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 176 | 64 |
| TMUs | 400 | 128 |
| Tensor Cores | 400 | no data |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 100 | 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).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Length | 267 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | None |
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 | System Shared |
| Maximum RAM amount | 32 GB | System Shared |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | System Shared |
| Memory clock speed | 2250 MHz | System Shared |
| Memory bandwidth | 576.0 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
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 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK 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 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | - |
| DLSS | + | - |
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.
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.
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 68.80 | 37.29 |
| Chip lithography | 5 nm | 4 nm |
RTX 5000 Ada Generation has a 84.5% higher aggregate performance score.
Radeon 8050S, on the other hand, has a 25% more advanced lithography process.
The RTX 5000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 8050S in performance tests.
Be aware that RTX 5000 Ada Generation is a workstation card while Radeon 8050S is a notebook one.
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