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Radeon 8060S vs Radeon 8050S

Radeon 8060S
VS
Radeon 8050S
AMD Radeon 8060S
Strix Halo
AMD Radeon 8050S
Strix Halo

We compared two integrated laptop GPUs: the Radeon 8060S with 40 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the Radeon 8050S that utilizes 32 pipelines and 2048 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of Radeon 8050S over Radeon 8060S
Reasons to consider the Radeon 8060S
  • Performs slightly better (up to 15%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 29% higher maximum theoretical performance (14.8 vs 11.5 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 11% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 63 vs 57 FPS
  • Has 25% more shading units (2560 vs 2048)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
Radeon 8060S
vs
Radeon 8050S

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
135
79
62
40
127
68
59
38
The Witcher 3
124
104
70
37
113
94
60
33
Counter-Strike 2
195
137
95
50
178
124
88
47
Far Cry 6
108
95
69
40
98
89
64
34
Hogwarts Legacy
74
59
46
20
65
57
40
21
CoD: Modern Warfare III
97
90
60
37
89
81
54
35
Ghost of Tsushima
80
65
43
25
71
58
41
19
Cyberpunk 2077
75
65
39
17
67
60
33
17
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
116
79
37
118
103
71
36
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 113 103
1080p Ultra 90 82
1440p Ultra 63 57
4K Ultra 34 31
Margin of Error Low Medium

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Radeon 8060S +15%
9837
Radeon 8050S
8517
Time Spy 10038 9171
Solar Bay 47180 41110
Port Royal 5546 5181
Fire Strike 26807 24607
Wild Life Extreme 19262 18225
Night Raid 101008 98347
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Radeon 8060S +15%
93515
Radeon 8050S
81081
Background Blur 232.1 img/sec 201.1 img/sec
Face Detection 122.5 img/sec 104.8 img/sec
Horizon Detection 2.92 Gpixels/sec 2.53 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.07 Gpixels/sec 3.37 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 3.49 Gpixels/sec 3.12 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.08 Gpixels/sec 0.93 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 396.3 Gpixels/sec 327.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 13016.5 FPS 12215.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
Radeon 8060S +10%
18059
Radeon 8050S
16451
G2D Mark 1171 1125
DirectX 11 156 FPS 149 FPS
DirectX 12 84 FPS 70 FPS
GPU Compute 9032 Ops/s 7622 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 1386 & 203 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Radeon 8060S +15%
1363.24
Radeon 8050S
1188.98
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 129 & 3 samples
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
Radeon 8060S +24%
22565
Radeon 8050S
18145
GB6 ML Half Precision
Radeon 8060S +36%
30098
Radeon 8050S
22099
GB6 ML Quantized
Radeon 8060S +22%
18100
Radeon 8050S
14884
Image Classification (SP) 11176 9259
Image Segmentation (HP) 14027 11219
Image Super Resolution (Q) 27198 19775
Face Detection (HP) 40613 31987
Pose Estimation (Q) 92878 62399
Text Classification (SP) 4158 3757
Machine Translation (HP) 6473 6121
Object Detection (SP) 7431 6979
Depth Estimation (Q) 41825 35735
Style Transfer (SP) 190221 129996
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon 8060S and Radeon 8050S

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Build Integrated Integrated
Released January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Generic Generic
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 RDNA 3.5
GPU Codename Strix Halo Strix Halo
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop - GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Recommended CPU - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 or above - AMD Ryzen AI Max 385 or above
Used in CPUs - AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 392
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 388
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Pro 395		 - AMD Ryzen AI Max 485
- AMD Ryzen AI Max 490
- AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 485
- AMD Ryzen AI Max PRO 490
- AMD Ryzen AI Max 385
- AMD Ryzen AI Max 390
Laptop GPU ranking (25th and 37th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1295 MHz 1295 MHz
Boost Clock 2900 MHz 2800 MHz
Shading Units 2560 2048
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 160 128
Render Output Units (ROPs) 64 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 40 32
Tensor Cores No No
Ray-tracing Cores 40 32
L2 Cache 2MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 186 GPixel/s 179 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 464 GTexel/s 358 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
Radeon 8060S +29%
14.8 TFLOPS
Radeon 8050S
11.5 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 55 W 55 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Die Size 308 mm² 308 mm²
Max. Temperature 100°C 100°C

Memory

Memory Type System Shared System Shared
ECC No No

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 2.1
CUDA No No
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No No
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1a

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