AMD Radeon 8050S vs NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation Comparison

Where Each One Wins

The recorded benchmark data splits these two cards into entirely different performance classes. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation wins the only direct head-to-head comparison, and it wins decisively. In Geekbench OpenCL, the NVIDIA card scores 326,898 against the AMD Radeon 8050S's 65,818, a delta of -79.9% for the AMD part. This is not a close contest; the NVIDIA GPU is roughly five times faster in raw compute throughput as measured by that test.

The AMD Radeon 8050S does not win any recorded benchmark. Its wins are structural rather than performance-based. It carries a 55 W TDP against the RTX 5880 Ada's 285 W, making it suitable for integrated graphics scenarios where power draw and physical footprint are constrained. The AMD part is an IGP (integrated graphics processor) with no power connectors and a portable-device-dependent display output, meaning it can slot into laptops and compact systems where a dual-slot, 267 mm add-in card like the RTX 5880 Ada would never fit.

The use-case split is therefore stark. The AMD Radeon 8050S is for systems where the GPU must share memory with the CPU, draw minimal power, and occupy no expansion slot. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation is for workstations that need massive dedicated VRAM (48 GB GDDR6), high bandwidth (864.0 GB/s), and the compute throughput to justify a 285 W power envelope and a 600 W suggested PSU.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon 8050S has an average benchmark score of 62,108, while the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has an average of 45,972. The AMD part sits at the 89th percentile among all GPUs, the NVIDIA part at the 85th.

Q: How do the two compare in the Geekbench OpenCL test?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation scores 326,898, which is 79.9% higher than the AMD Radeon 8050S's 65,818. The AMD card loses this head-to-head by a massive margin.

Q: What are the memory configurations?

A: The AMD Radeon 8050S uses system-shared memory with a system-dependent bandwidth. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 48 GB of dedicated GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus, delivering 864.0 GB/s.

Q: What are the power requirements?

A: The AMD Radeon 8050S has a 55 W TDP and requires no power connectors. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a 285 W TDP, uses a single 16-pin connector, and the database suggests a 600 W PSU.

Q: Which card has more shading units?

A: The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 14,080 shading units. The AMD Radeon 8050S has 2,048.

Q: Do both support the same DirectX and Vulkan versions?

A: Yes. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The only recorded head-to-head benchmark is Geekbench OpenCL, and it tells a one-sided story. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation posts 326,898 points, dwarfing the AMD Radeon 8050S's 65,818. The delta is -79.9% for the AMD card, meaning the NVIDIA GPU delivers nearly five times the OpenCL compute score. This is not a marginal lead; it is a class separation.

Beyond that single test, the database shows different benchmark suites for each card. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has Passmark scores across DirectX 9 (335), DirectX 10 (167), DirectX 11 (228), DirectX 12 (70), G2D (777), G3D (25,096), and GPU compute (14,208). The AMD Radeon 8050S has only a Geekbench Vulkan score of 58,398 in addition to its OpenCL result. The NVIDIA card's Passmark G3D score of 25,096 and its GPU compute score of 14,208 indicate strong rasterization and compute workloads, while the AMD card's Vulkan score of 58,398 suggests it remains competitive in that specific API even though it loses OpenCL badly.

The average benchmark scores also diverge. The AMD Radeon 8050S averages 62,108, which places it 0.3% ahead of the AMD Radeon Pro W6600M (61,896) and 2.5% behind the AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56 (63,693). The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation averages 45,972, sitting 0.2% behind the NVIDIA RTX A2000 (46,043) and 0.8% ahead of the Intel Arc A730M (45,592). That the AMD part has a higher average score despite losing the head-to-head is a reminder that the Geekbench OpenCL test is only one lens; the NVIDIA card's Passmark results cover more ground, and its OpenCL advantage is overwhelming.

Specification Differences

The two cards diverge on nearly every measurable specification. Clock speeds: the AMD Radeon 8050S runs at 1295 MHz base and 2800 MHz boost, while the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation runs at 975 MHz base and 2460 MHz boost. The AMD part boosts higher, but the NVIDIA card has far more silicon to feed.

Memory is the largest gap. The AMD Radeon 8050S shares system memory with no dedicated VRAM, no fixed bus width, and a bandwidth that depends on the host system. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 48 GB of GDDR6 on a 384-bit bus with 864.0 GB/s of bandwidth. That is a dedicated, fixed, and massive memory pool versus a variable, shared one.

Compute resources: the AMD Radeon 8050S has 2,048 shading units, 128 TMUs, 64 ROPs, and 32 ray tracing cores. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 14,080 shading units, 440 TMUs, 176 ROPs, 110 ray tracing cores, and 440 tensor cores. The NVIDIA card has nearly seven times the shading units and more than three times the ROPs.

Rates and throughput: the AMD Radeon 8050S delivers 179.2 GPixel/s pixel rate, 358.4 GTexel/s texture rate, 11.47 TFLOPS FP32, and 11.47 TFLOPS FP16. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation delivers 433.0 GPixel/s, 1,082.4 GTexel/s, 69.27 TFLOPS FP32, and 69.27 TFLOPS FP16. The NVIDIA card is roughly 2.4 times faster in pixel rate, 3 times faster in texture rate, and 6 times faster in FP32.

Power and physical: the AMD Radeon 8050S has a 55 W TDP, is an IGP with no power connectors, and relies on the portable device for display outputs. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a 285 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires a 16-pin connector, suggests a 600 W PSU, and offers 4x DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. The NVIDIA card measures 267 mm in length and 112 mm in height.

Bus interface: the AMD Radeon 8050S uses PCIe 5.0 x16, while the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation uses PCIe 4.0 x16.

Architecture Differences

The AMD Radeon 8050S is built on the Strix Halo chip with RDNA 3.5 architecture, produced on a 4 nm process at TSMC. The die size is 308 mm², and the transistor count is listed as unknown. It belongs to the Navi Mobile (RX 8000M) generation.

The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation uses the AD102 chip with Ada Lovelace architecture, produced on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The die is 609 mm², with 76,300 million transistors and a transistor density of 125.3M per mm². It belongs to the Workstation Ada (x000A) generation and is the successor to Workstation Ampere, with its own successor being Blackwell PRO W.

The architectural differences are fundamental. RDNA 3.5 is AMD's latest graphics architecture for mobile and integrated parts, emphasizing efficiency and shared memory. Ada Lovelace is NVIDIA's workstation architecture with dedicated ray tracing cores, tensor cores, and a massive compute footprint. The AMD part's transistor count is unknown, but the die is roughly half the size of the NVIDIA part. The NVIDIA card packs 76,300 million transistors into a 609 mm² die, while the AMD card fits into 308 mm² with an unspecified count.

Features differ as well. The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation has 440 tensor cores for AI workloads, which the AMD Radeon 8050S does not list. The AMD part has 32 ray tracing cores, while the NVIDIA card has 110. Clock behavior also differs: the AMD card has a higher boost clock (2800 MHz vs 2460 MHz), but the NVIDIA card's lower clocks are compensated by its much larger execution engine.

The Verdict

The data points to a single conclusion: the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation is the dominant compute GPU, and the AMD Radeon 8050S is the efficiency and integration play. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 326,898 versus 65,818 is a 79.9% gap that no other metric in the database closes. The NVIDIA card has 48 GB of dedicated GDDR6, 14,080 shading units, 110 ray tracing cores, and 69.27 TFLOPS FP32. It wins every recorded performance test.

The AMD Radeon 8050S has its place, but it is not a workstation accelerator. Its 55 W TDP, system-shared memory, and IGP form factor make it a fit for thin-and-light laptops or compact systems where the NVIDIA card's 285 W TDP, dual-slot footprint, and 267 mm length are impossible. The AMD part also has a higher average benchmark score (62,108 vs 45,972) and a better percentile rank (89th vs 85th), but that average includes the NVIDIA card's Passmark scores, which are not directly comparable to the AMD card's Geekbench results.

The choice is clear. For dedicated workstation tasks, high-bandwidth memory workloads, and any scenario that demands raw compute, the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation is the only option here. For integrated graphics in a portable device, where power draw and physical space are the constraints, the AMD Radeon 8050S exists to fill that role. The benchmark data does not suggest any overlap between these two use cases.