GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Radeon R5 M420

Place in performance ranking	996	279
Place by popularity	not in top-100	46
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Jet	GN20-S7
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	1 June 2016 (7 years ago)	17 December 2021 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	320	2048
Core clock speed	780 MHz	no data
Boost clock speed	850 MHz	1477 MHz
Number of transistors	690 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	30-45 Watt
Texture fill rate	17.00	189.1
Floating-point performance	547.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon R5 M420 and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16

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	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	64 Bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz	14000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	16 GB/s	112.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort
HDMI	no data	+
G-SYNC support	no data	+

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	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 HD	2−3 −2000%	42 +2000%
1440p	2−3 −1450%	31 +1450%
4K	1−2 −2700%	28 +2700%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1125%

49
+1125%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −433%	45−50 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −950%	42 +950%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%
Hitman 3	1−2 −6700%	68 +6700%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −3800%	35−40 +3800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −457%	35−40 +457%

Full HD
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −433%	45−50 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −650%	30 +650%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%
Hitman 3	1−2 −5500%	56 +5500%
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −3800%	35−40 +3800%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −933%	30−35 +933%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −457%	35−40 +457%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −1350%	58 +1350%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −525%	25 +525%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −6300%	60−65 +6300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −750%	34 +750%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −833%	27−30 +833%
Hitman 3	4−5 −650%	30−33 +650%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −213%	24−27 +213%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	5−6 −380%	24−27 +380%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −900%	10−11 +900%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1750%	37 +1750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Horizon Zero Dawn	7−8 −71.4%	12−14 +71.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	0−1	10−11