GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Radeon R5 M420

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R5 M420
2016
4 GB DDR3
1.27

RTX 2050 Mobile outperforms R5 M420 by a whopping 1371% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking1037296
Place by popularitynot in top-10020
Power efficiencyno data28.46
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameJetGA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date15 May 2016 (8 years ago)17 December 2021 (3 years 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 cores3202048
Core clock speed780 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speed850 MHz1477 MHz
Number of transistors690 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data45 Watt
Texture fill rate17.0094.53
Floating-point processing power0.544 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs832
TMUs2064
Tensor Coresno data256
Ray Tracing Coresno data32

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 3.0 x8PCIe 3.0 x8

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 typeDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount4 GB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth16 GB/s112.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

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

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
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 HD2−3
−2000%
42
+2000%
1440p2−3
−1600%
34
+1600%
4K1−2
−2400%
25
+2400%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1533%
49
+1533%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−600%
40−45
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−850%
35−40
+850%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−1300%
42
+1300%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4300%
40−45
+4300%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−5750%
110−120
+5750%
Hitman 3 6−7
−633%
44
+633%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−663%
60−65
+663%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−167%
85−90
+167%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−600%
40−45
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−850%
35−40
+850%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−900%
30
+900%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4300%
40−45
+4300%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−5750%
110−120
+5750%
Hitman 3 6−7
−617%
43
+617%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%
Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−675%
62
+675%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−282%
40−45
+282%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
−167%
85−90
+167%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−600%
40−45
+600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4−5
−850%
35−40
+850%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−733%
25
+733%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−4300%
40−45
+4300%
Forza Horizon 4 2−3
−5750%
110−120
+5750%
Hitman 3 6−7
−550%
39
+550%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−550%
90−95
+550%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 8−9
−588%
55
+588%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 10−12
−200%
33
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 30−35
+83.3%
18
−83.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 2−3
−2400%
50−55
+2400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−3500%
35−40
+3500%
Far Cry New Dawn 2−3
−1300%
27−30
+1300%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1800%
18−20
+1800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 21−24
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−2100%
21−24
+2100%
Hitman 3 7−8
−214%
21−24
+214%
Horizon Zero Dawn 4−5
−850%
35−40
+850%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 0−1 21−24
Watch Dogs: Legion 6−7
−1750%
110−120
+1750%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−675%
30−35
+675%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 0−1 14−16

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1000%
10−12
+1000%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−800%
9−10
+800%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 10−11
Far Cry 5 0−1 10−11

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 42
+0%
42
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 21
+0%
21
+0%
Battlefield 5 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%
Metro Exodus 60−65
+0%
60−65
+0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 7
+0%
7
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 100−110
+0%
100−110
+0%
Metro Exodus 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 47
+0%
47
+0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%
Hitman 3 14−16
+0%
14−16
+0%
Horizon Zero Dawn 95−100
+0%
95−100
+0%
Metro Exodus 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
+0%
18−20
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
+0%
4−5
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
+0%
20−22
+0%
Watch Dogs: Legion 8−9
+0%
8−9
+0%

This is how R5 M420 and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 2000% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 1600% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is 2400% faster in 4K

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

  • in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the R5 M420 is 83% faster.
  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2050 Mobile is 5750% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • R5 M420 is ahead in 1 test (1%)
  • RTX 2050 Mobile is ahead in 46 tests (69%)
  • there's a draw in 20 tests (30%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.27 18.68
Recency 15 May 2016 17 December 2021
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm

RTX 2050 Mobile has a 1370.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 M420 in performance tests.


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