AMD Radeon RX 6800M vs GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
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AMD Radeon RX 6800M
Navi 22
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
AD107 (GN21-X2)
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 6800M 12 GB with 40 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 1 year and 9 months newer GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
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
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6800M
- Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 28% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 68 vs 53 FPS
- Includes 6 GB more video memory
- Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 192 GB/s
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (99K vs 81K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 142 86 67 44 |
107 66 56 35 |
| The Witcher 3 | 129 108 76 40 |
117 91 67 34 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 212 143 104 54 |
167 126 88 43 |
| Far Cry 6 | 116 98 76 44 |
87 79 59 32 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 77 64 48 23 |
62 52 34 20 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 106 100 66 45 |
75 68 44 30 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 86 70 49 28 |
57 45 33 17 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 83 74 44 21 |
61 57 34 13 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 139 124 85 45 |
98 90 62 32 |
| 1080p High | 121 | 92 |
| 1080p Ultra | 96 | 75 |
| 1440p Ultra | 68 | 53 |
| 4K Ultra | 38 | 28 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 11509 | 8212 |
| Solar Bay | 44251 | 35375 |
| Port Royal | 5558 | 4624 |
| Fire Strike | 33457 | 21909 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 18898 | 15492 |
| Night Raid | 77742 | 84848 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 222.9 img/sec | 141.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 135.3 img/sec | 84.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.46 Gpixels/sec | 3.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.14 Gpixels/sec | 3.91 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 3.64 Gpixels/sec | 3.85 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.92 Gpixels/sec | 1.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 432.6 Gpixels/sec | 325.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 13677.6 FPS | 11008.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 529 | 622 |
| DirectX 11 | 128 FPS | 129 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 65 FPS | 60 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 5055 Ops/s | 5847 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Radeon RX 6800M
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-07-17 (kam) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 93074 |
| 📘 2026-07-15 (Mr._.Flexo) | Cinebench 2024 | 8096 |
| 📘 2026-07-02 (SuperDuck) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 90032 |
| 📘 2026-05-18 (TheMan) | Cinebench 2024 | 8523 |
| 📘 2026-05-15 -> Zay | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 89343 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7861 | 6233 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 7803 | 16395 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 21982 | 18240 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 23070 | 30758 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 93148 | 61300 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2165 | 3124 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3022 | 4357 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8375 | 7812 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 31430 | 29192 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 178071 | 117759 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Radeon RX 6800M and GeForce RTX 4050 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Amd | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | June 1, 2021 | February 22, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Entry-level |
| Architecture | RDNA 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | Navi 22 | AD107 (GN21-X2) |
| Rival Equivalent | - GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop | - Radeon RX 7700S |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX or above | - Intel Core Ultra 7 155H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (56th and 66th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2116 MHz | 1140-2070 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 2300 MHz | 1605-2370 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 160 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 40 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | - | 80 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 40 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 3MB shared | 12MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 147 GPixel/s | 51-76 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 368 GTexel/s | 128-190 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 145 W | 35-140 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 335 mm² | 156 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 17.2 billion | 18.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 51.34 MTr/mm² | 121.15 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 Mbps | 16000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 96-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.1 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | No | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4 | 1.4a |
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