Radeon 8050S vs Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Review
Key differences
Key distinctions and advantages between Radeon 8050S and Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
Reasons to consider the Radeon 8050S
- + RDNA 3.5 architecture
- + Strix Halo codename
- + System Shared memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell)
- + Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- + GB206-300-A1 codename
- + 8GB GDDR7 memory
- + PCIe 5.0 x16 interface
Pros & Cons
- Hardware ray tracing support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- No discrete card needed — integrated solution
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A entry-level AMD Radeon 8050S integrated graphics with modest AI/ML performance (33/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
- Hardware ray tracing support
- DLSS upscaling support
- Dedicated AI tensor cores
- Limited gaming performance at higher resolutions
"A entry-level Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) graphics card with modest workstation performance (43/100). Suited for casual gaming and basic graphics tasks."
Gaming Performance
Forza Horizon 5
The Witcher 3
Counter-Strike 2
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Call of Duty
Ghost of Tsushima
Cyberpunk 2077
Tomb Raider
| Radeon 8050S | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | 1080p High | 1080p Ultra | 1440p Ultra | 4K Ultra | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 70 | — | — | — | 69 | — | — | — |
| The Witcher 3 | 94 | — | — | — | 97 | — | — | — |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 123 | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — |
| Far Cry 6 | 85 | — | — | — | 83 | — | — | — |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 55 | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — |
| Call of Duty | 83 | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 56 | — | — | — | 49 | — | — | — |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 61 | — | — | — | 61 | — | — | — |
| Tomb Raider | 103 | — | — | — | 98 | — | — | — |
| Average FPS | 81 | — | — | — | 79 | — | — | — |
| Radeon 8050S | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 104 | 98 |
| 1080p Ultra | 81 | 79 |
| 1440p Ultra | 57 | 57 |
| 4K Ultra | 31 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Medium | High |
Benchmarks
| Radeon 8050S | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| Time Spy | 9171 | 8744 |
| Solar Bay | 41112 | 46594 |
| Port Royal | 5181 | 5904 |
| Fire Strike | 24607 | 26026 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 18225 | 20405 |
| Night Raid | 98347 | 148588 |
| Radeon 8050S | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) | |
|---|---|---|
| G2D Mark | 1109 | 768 |
| DirectX 11 | 148 FPS | 139 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 70 FPS | 79 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 7513 Ops/s | 6323 Ops/s |
Specifications
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 Compute Score | 81081 | 112758 |
| Background Blur | 201.1 img/sec | 186.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 104.8 img/sec | 104.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.53 Gpixels/sec | 4.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.37 Gpixels/sec | 5.27 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.12 Gpixels/sec | 6.65 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.93 Gpixels/sec | 1.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 327.5 Gpixels/sec | 515.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 12215.6 FPS | 15588.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| GB6 ML Single Precision | 18145 | 16848 |
| GB6 ML Half Precision | 22099 | 32774 |
| GB6 ML Quantized | 14884 | 13334 |
| Image Classification (SP) | 9259 | 6726 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11219 | 21836 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 19775 | 18317 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 31987 | 39579 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 62399 | 68707 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3757 | 2539 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6121 | 5168 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 6979 | 8919 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 35735 | 33328 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 129996 | 119318 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Integrated | Discrete |
| Released | 7-Jan-25 | 18-Mar-25 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Generic | Professional |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | RDNA 3.5 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | Strix Halo | GB206-300-A1 |
| Recommended CPU | -AMD Ryzen AI Max 385or above | -Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXor above |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 1295 MHz | 952-1657 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 2800 MHz | 1657-2437 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 3328 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 128 | 104 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 32 | 26 |
| Tensor Cores | No | 104 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 32 | 26 |
| L1 Cache | 512KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 179 GPixel/s | 53-78 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 358 GTexel/s | 172-253 GTexel/s |
| FLOPS (FP32) | 11.5 TFLOPS | 11-16.2 TFLOPS |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 45-120 W (configurable) | 45-115 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 308 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | |
| Max. Temperature |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Type | System Shared | GDDR7 |
| Specification | Radeon 8050S ↗ | Nvidia RTX Pro 2000 Laptop (Blackwell) ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3 |
| CUDA | No | 12 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1a | 2.1b |
