Radeon RX 8050S vs 8050S

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Aggregate performance score

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

Radeon 8050S
2025
38.22
+6.5%

8050S outperforms RX 8050S by a small 7% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking131156
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureRDNA 3.5 (2024−2025)no data
GPU code nameStrix Pointno data
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date2025 (recently)6 January 2025 (less than a year 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 cores204832
Core clock speed1295 MHzno data
Boost clock speed2335 MHz2800 MHz
Number of transistors34,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology4 nmno data
Texture fill rate298.9no data
Floating-point processing power9.564 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs128no data
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).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16no data
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 Sharedno data
Maximum RAM amountSystem Sharedno data
Memory bus widthSystem Sharedno data
Memory clock speedSystem Sharedno data
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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependentno data

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)no data
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.1no data
Vulkan1.3-

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 HD100−110
+6.4%
94
−6.4%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
Valorant 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Valorant 21−24
+0%
21−24
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Forza Horizon 4 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 6−7
+0%
6−7
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Dead Island 2 3−4
+0%
3−4
+0%

4K
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Valorant 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Dead Island 2 2−3
+0%
2−3
+0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 1−2
+0%
1−2
+0%

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

  • Radeon 8050S is 6% faster in 1080p

All in all, in popular games:

  • there's a draw in 17 tests (100%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 38.22 35.88

Radeon 8050S has a 6.5% higher aggregate performance score.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Radeon 8050S and Radeon RX 8050S.

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