GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile vs Radeon RX 7900 XT

Place in performance ranking	13	105
Place by popularity	not in top-100	56
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	24.93	no data
Architecture	RDNA 3	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	Navi 31 XT	GN21-X2
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	3 November 2022 (1 year ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$899	no data
Current price	$884 (1x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	5376	2560
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz	2370 MHz
Number of transistors	57,700 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	315 Watt	115 Watt (35 - 115 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	804.4	140.4

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 7900 XT and GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	276 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	no 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	20 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	320 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	20000 MHz	16000 GB/s
Memory bandwidth	800.0 GB/s	192.0 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	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	no data	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RX 7900 XT 74.49
+90.5%

RTX 4050 Mobile 39.10

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile by 91% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 7900 XT 142489
+66.3%

RTX 4050 Mobile 85660

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile by 66% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RX 7900 XT 75896
+147%

RTX 4050 Mobile 30717

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile by 147% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 7900 XT 63712
+185%

RTX 4050 Mobile 22320

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile by 185% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RX 7900 XT 259707
+89.9%

RTX 4050 Mobile 136776

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile by 90% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RX 7900 XT 737404
+33.6%

RTX 4050 Mobile 552112

Radeon RX 7900 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile by 34% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	212 +110%	101 −110%
1440p	145 +174%	53 −174%
4K	93 +191%	32 −191%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

237
+130%

103

−130%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +63.8%	65−70 −63.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 +12.8%	117 −12.8%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +45.1%	110−120 −45.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +65.4%	100−110 −65.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	212 +155%	83 −155%
Far Cry 5	196 +58.1%	124 −58.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	163 +73.4%	90−95 −73.4%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +75.6%	110−120 −75.6%
Hitman 3	210−220 +92.8%	111 −92.8%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +25.2%	131 −25.2%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +100%	60−65 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	311 +147%	126 −147%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +4.2%	118 −4.2%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +63.8%	65−70 −63.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 +43.5%	92 −43.5%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +45.1%	110−120 −45.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +65.4%	100−110 −65.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	190 +168%	71 −168%
Far Cry 5	187 +64%	114 −64%
Far Cry New Dawn	157 +67%	90−95 −67%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +75.6%	110−120 −75.6%
Hitman 3	210−220 +118%	98 −118%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 +54.7%	106 −54.7%
Metro Exodus	146 +71.8%	85 −71.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130 +100%	60−65 −100%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	295 +173%	108 −173%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	483 +210%	156 −210%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +16%	106 −16%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120 +63.8%	65−70 −63.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	130−140 +88.6%	70 −88.6%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +45.1%	110−120 −45.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	179 +175%	65 −175%
Far Cry 5	173 +61.7%	107 −61.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	142 +51.1%	90−95 −51.1%
Forza Horizon 4	200−210 +75.6%	110−120 −75.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	265 +231%	80 −231%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 +137%	52 −137%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	130−140 +109%	65−70 −109%
Hitman 3	160−170 +182%	60 −182%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +77.8%	72 −77.8%
Metro Exodus	135 +170%	50 −170%
Red Dead Redemption 2	70−75 +139%	30−35 −139%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	203 +203%	67 −203%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 +95.3%	40−45 −95.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	95−100 +121%	40−45 −121%
Battlefield 5	140−150 +72%	80−85 −72%
Cyberpunk 2077	122 +239%	36 −239%
Far Cry 5	173 +151%	69 −151%
Far Cry New Dawn	141 +90.5%	70−75 −90.5%
Forza Horizon 4	170−180 +116%	80−85 −116%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	140−150 +139%	59 −139%
Watch Dogs: Legion	80−85 +134%	35 −134%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	85−90 +143%	35−40 −143%
Hitman 3	95−100 +154%	35−40 −154%
Horizon Zero Dawn	85−90 +330%	20 −330%
Metro Exodus	87 +93.3%	45 −93.3%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +133%	21−24 −133%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	110 +233%	33 −233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	159 +238%	47 −238%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	60−65 +126%	27−30 −126%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +140%	24−27 −140%
Battlefield 5	100−105 +108%	45−50 −108%
Cyberpunk 2077	60 +233%	18 −233%
Far Cry 5	132 +207%	43 −207%
Far Cry New Dawn	129 +215%	40−45 −215%
Forza Horizon 4	130−140 +142%	55−60 −142%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 +84.6%	26 −84.6%