Radeon RX 550 Mobile vs 8050S

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon 8050S and Radeon RX 550 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

Radeon 8050S
2025
55 Watt
37.68
+486%

8050S outperforms RX 550 Mobile by a whopping 486% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking129596
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data4.47
Power efficiency52.199.80
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)
GPU code nameStrix HaloLexa
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date6 January 2025 (less than a year ago)2 July 2017 (8 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$79.99

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores2048640
Core clock speed1295 MHz1100 MHz
Boost clock speed2335 MHz1287 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 million2,200 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt50 Watt
Texture fill rate298.951.48
Floating-point processing power9.564 TFLOPS1.647 TFLOPS
ROPs6416
TMUs12840
Ray Tracing Cores32no data

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 5.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno 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 typeSystem SharedGDDR5
Maximum RAM amountSystem Shared2 GB
Memory bus widthSystem Shared128 Bit
Memory clock speedSystem Shared1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data96 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display ConnectorsPortable Device DependentNo outputs

Supported technologies

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

FreeSync-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_0)
Shader Model6.86.4
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.12.0
Vulkan1.31.2.131

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.

Radeon 8050S 37.68
+486%
RX 550 Mobile 6.43

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.

Radeon 8050S 36323
+697%
RX 550 Mobile 4559

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.

Radeon 8050S 23521
+545%
RX 550 Mobile 3645

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.

Radeon 8050S 130145
+465%
RX 550 Mobile 23050

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 HD108
+575%
16
−575%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data5.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+780%
10
−780%
God of War 90−95
+557%
14
−557%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+368%
27−30
−368%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+577%
12−14
−577%
Far Cry 5 100
+456%
18
−456%
Fortnite 160−170
+313%
40−45
−313%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+407%
27−30
−407%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+815%
13
−815%
God of War 90−95
+1740%
5
−1740%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+525%
24−27
−525%
Valorant 220−230
+210%
70−75
−210%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+368%
27−30
−368%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 270−280
+160%
100−110
−160%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+577%
12−14
−577%
Far Cry 5 96
+540%
15
−540%
Fortnite 160−170
+313%
40−45
−313%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+407%
27−30
−407%
Forza Horizon 5 110−120
+1090%
10
−1090%
God of War 90−95
+557%
14−16
−557%
Grand Theft Auto V 118
+556%
18
−556%
Metro Exodus 90−95
+2175%
4
−2175%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+525%
24−27
−525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 156
+818%
17
−818%
Valorant 220−230
+210%
70−75
−210%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 130−140
+368%
27−30
−368%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
+577%
12−14
−577%
Far Cry 5 85
+554%
13
−554%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+407%
27−30
−407%
God of War 90−95
+557%
14−16
−557%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 150−160
+525%
24−27
−525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 92
+283%
24
−283%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 160−170
+313%
40−45
−313%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 260−270
+430%
50−55
−430%
Grand Theft Auto V 75−80
+863%
8−9
−863%
Metro Exodus 55−60
+833%
6−7
−833%
Valorant 250−260
+249%
70−75
−249%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 95−100
+717%
12−14
−717%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
+780%
5−6
−780%
Far Cry 5 90−95
+608%
12−14
−608%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+620%
14−16
−620%
God of War 50−55
+733%
6−7
−733%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 70−75
+800%
8−9
−800%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 100−105
+669%
12−14
−669%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 80−85
+350%
18−20
−350%
Metro Exodus 35−40
+3400%
1−2
−3400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 60−65
+1400%
4−5
−1400%
Valorant 230−240
+603%
30−35
−603%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+1100%
5−6
−1100%
Cyberpunk 2077 20−22
+900%
2−3
−900%
Far Cry 5 50−55
+733%
6−7
−733%
Forza Horizon 4 70−75
+620%
10−11
−620%
God of War 30−35
+560%
5−6
−560%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 50−55
+750%
6−7
−750%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 45−50
+717%
6−7
−717%

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2 38
+0%
38
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 11
+0%
11
+0%
Dota 2 45
+0%
45
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 43
+0%
43
+0%
Valorant 70−75
+0%
70−75
+0%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 12−14
+0%
12−14
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dota 2 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

This is how Radeon 8050S and RX 550 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • Radeon 8050S is 575% faster in 1080p

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

  • in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the Radeon 8050S is 3400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Radeon 8050S is ahead in 54 tests (86%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (14%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 37.68 6.43
Recency 6 January 2025 2 July 2017
Chip lithography 4 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 50 Watt

Radeon 8050S has a 486% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

RX 550 Mobile, on the other hand, has 10% lower power consumption.

The Radeon 8050S is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 Mobile in performance tests.

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