Switch GPU 16nm vs Radeon 8050S
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 129 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 54.32 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 (2024−2025) | Maxwell 2.0 (2014−2019) |
| GPU code name | Strix Halo | GM20B |
| Market segment | Laptop | Desktop |
| Release date | 6 January 2025 (1 year ago) | 16 August 2019 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $299 |
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 | 256 |
| Core clock speed | 1295 MHz | 384 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2800 MHz | 768 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 34,000 million | 2,000 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 15 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 358.4 | 12.29 |
| Floating-point processing power | 11.47 TFLOPS | 0.3932 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 64 | 16 |
| TMUs | 128 | 16 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 32 | no data |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB | no data |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB | no 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).
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | IGP |
| Length | no data | 239 mm |
| Width | no data | IGP |
| Supplementary power connectors | None | 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 | System Shared | DDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | System Shared | 64 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | System Shared | 1600 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 25.6 GB/s |
| Shared memory | + | no data |
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 Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | No outputs |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 1.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.1 |
| CUDA | - | 5.3 |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 6 January 2025 | 16 August 2019 |
| Chip lithography | 4 nm | 16 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 55 Watt | 15 Watt |
Radeon 8050S has an age advantage of 5 years, and a 300% more advanced lithography process.
Switch GPU 16nm, on the other hand, has 266.7% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Radeon 8050S and Switch GPU 16nm. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon 8050S is a notebook graphics card while Switch GPU 16nm is a desktop one.
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