AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The recorded data reveals a fascinating split between these two GPUs, with each claiming victory in different workload categories. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile wins 3 of the 9 head-to-head tests, while the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT wins 6, yet the margin of victory tells a more complex story than the win count alone.

The most dramatic result appears in the Geekbench OpenCL test, where the RTX 4050 Mobile scores 74,748 against the RX 5700 XT's 9,524. That is a 684.8% advantage, an extraordinary gap that suggests the NVIDIA architecture handles this particular compute workload with overwhelming efficiency. The Geekbench Vulkan test also favors the RTX 4050 Mobile, with scores of 75,235 versus 68,310, a 10.1% edge that shows the NVIDIA part maintaining its lead even in a cross-vendor API.

The RX 5700 XT counters in the Passmark suite. In DirectX 10, it scores 97 against the RTX 4050 Mobile's 79, an 18.6% advantage. DirectX 9 shows a similar pattern: 226 versus 184, also an 18.6% delta. The older DirectX 12 test goes to the AMD card by a narrower margin, 64 versus 61, a 4.7% difference. The Passmark G2D test shows the RX 5700 XT at 922 versus 633, a 31.3% lead, indicating stronger 2D performance. In the full Passmark G3D test, the AMD card scores 16,277 against 14,423, an 11.4% win. The Passmark GPU compute test also goes to AMD, with 7,650 versus 5,947, a 22.3% margin.

Looking at the aggregate numbers, the RTX 4050 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 19,049 across all tests, while the RX 5700 XT averages 16,361. The NVIDIA card sits at the 63rd percentile of all GPUs, while the AMD card sits at the 59th percentile. The nearest rival data for the RTX 4050 Mobile shows it trading blows with the AMD Radeon RX 6600 (0.1% ahead), the NVIDIA Quadro K6000 (0.1% ahead), and the NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation (0.5% ahead). The RX 5700 XT's nearest rivals include the AMD Radeon Pro 5600M (0.1% ahead) and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (0.3% behind).

Architecture Differences

The architectural gap between these two is substantial. The RTX 4050 Mobile uses the AD107 chip built on Ada Lovelace architecture, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC. The RX 5700 XT uses the Navi 10 chip built on RDNA 1.0, fabricated on a 7 nm process, also at TSMC. The process node difference alone is significant: 5 nm versus 7 nm.

Transistor counts and die sizes tell a curious story. The RTX 4050 Mobile packs 18,900 million transistors into a 159 mm² die, giving a transistor density of 118.9M per mm². The RX 5700 XT has 10,300 million transistors spread across a much larger 251 mm² die, resulting in just 41.0M per mm². The NVIDIA chip achieves nearly three times the transistor density, a direct consequence of the more advanced process node.

Both GPUs feature 2,560 shading units, but the RX 5700 XT has 160 texture mapping units and 64 ROPs, while the RTX 4050 Mobile has 80 TMUs and 48 ROPs. The AMD card's higher texture and pixel rates reflect this: 304.8 GTexel/s versus 140.4 GTexel/s, and 121.9 GPixel/s versus 84.24 GPixel/s. The RTX 4050 Mobile counters with dedicated ray tracing cores (20 of them) and tensor cores (80 of them), neither of which the RX 5700 XT possesses.

Memory configurations differ markedly. The RTX 4050 Mobile has 6 GB of GDDR6 on a 96-bit bus, delivering 192.0 GB/s of bandwidth. The RX 5700 XT has 8 GB of GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus, delivering 448.0 GB/s, more than double the bandwidth. The AMD card's memory clock is 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA card runs at 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective), but the wider bus gives AMD the overall bandwidth advantage.

The FP32 compute figures are close: 8.986 TFLOPS for the RTX 4050 Mobile versus 9.754 TFLOPS for the RX 5700 XT. The FP16 numbers diverge sharply, however. The RTX 4050 Mobile lists 8.986 TFLOPS (1:1 ratio), while the RX 5700 XT lists 19.51 TFLOPS (2:1 ratio), showing AMD's card can process half-precision data at twice the rate of its FP32 throughput.

Power and physical characteristics could not be more different. The RTX 4050 Mobile has a TDP of 50 W, is an IGP form factor, and requires no power connectors. The RX 5700 XT has a 225 W TDP, is dual-slot, requires 1x 6-pin plus 1x 8-pin power connectors, and suggests a 550 W PSU. The AMD card measures 272 mm in length, 111 mm in height, and 36 mm in width. The RX 5700 XT also uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, while the RTX 4050 Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x8.

Where Each One Wins

The benchmark data suggests distinct use-case strengths. The RTX 4050 Mobile dominates in Geekbench OpenCL and Vulkan, which points toward compute-oriented workloads and modern graphics APIs. Its 684.8% OpenCL advantage is so large that it likely reflects architectural efficiencies in how Ada Lovelace handles this API, possibly related to its tensor cores or the newer shader execution model. The 10.1% Vulkan win reinforces that the NVIDIA card handles modern, low-level graphics APIs better.

The RX 5700 XT wins in the Passmark suite, particularly in legacy DirectX tests. Its DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 margins of 18.6% suggest that older games and applications run noticeably better on the AMD card. The G2D result, a 31.3% lead, indicates stronger 2D performance for desktop tasks, image work, or applications that stress 2D rendering. The G3D win of 11.4% shows the AMD card holds a general 3D performance edge in the Passmark workload. The GPU compute test also goes to AMD by 22.3%, which complicates the narrative: in Passmark's compute test AMD wins, but in Geekbench's OpenCL test NVIDIA wins by an enormous margin.

For gaming, the Passmark G3D result is the closest proxy in the dataset, and it favors the RX 5700 XT. The DirectX 12 test also goes to AMD, though by a slim 4.7%. But the RTX 4050 Mobile's Vulkan advantage suggests that games using Vulkan, or future titles built around modern APIs, could reverse that trend. The RTX 4050 Mobile's ray tracing cores give it hardware capabilities that the RX 5700 XT lacks entirely, which matters for games that use ray-traced effects, even if no benchmark in the dataset directly tests that feature.

The Verdict

The data presents a nuanced picture. The RTX 4050 Mobile has the higher average benchmark score (19,049 versus 16,361), the higher percentile ranking (63rd versus 59th), and it utterly crushes the RX 5700 XT in Geekbench OpenCL (74,748 versus 9,524). It also wins in Vulkan and DirectX 11. Its 50 W TDP, 5 nm process, and IGP form factor make it an extraordinarily efficient part that can fit into thin, power-constrained mobile systems.

The RX 5700 XT wins the majority of head-to-head tests, including the important Passmark G3D test (16,277 versus 14,423), and it does so while offering 8 GB of VRAM versus 6 GB, plus more than double the memory bandwidth (448.0 GB/s versus 192.0 GB/s). Its 225 W TDP and dual-slot design, however, place it firmly in desktop territory, and its end-of-life production status contrasts with the RTX 4050 Mobile's active status.

Who should pick which? The data suggests the RTX 4050 Mobile for users prioritizing modern API performance, compute workloads via OpenCL, and extreme power efficiency in a mobile form factor. The RX 5700 XT for users who need raw 3D performance in the Passmark suite, older DirectX titles, higher VRAM capacity, and who have the power budget and chassis space for a dual-slot desktop card. The RTX 4050 Mobile's tensor cores and ray tracing cores add capabilities the RX 5700 XT cannot match, even if the recorded benchmarks do not directly measure those features.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile has an average benchmark score of 19,049, compared to the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT's 16,361.

Q: How large is the Geekbench OpenCL gap between the two?

A: The RTX 4050 Mobile scores 74,748 in Geekbench OpenCL, while the RX 5700 XT scores 9,524, giving NVIDIA a 684.8% advantage.

Q: Which GPU wins the Passmark G3D test?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT wins the Passmark G3D test with a score of 16,277, compared to the RTX 4050 Mobile's 14,423, an 11.4% difference.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The RX 5700 XT has a 256-bit bus delivering 448.0 GB/s, while the RTX 4050 Mobile has a 96-bit bus delivering 192.0 GB/s. The AMD card offers more than double the bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU has a higher TDP?

A: The RX 5700 XT has a TDP of 225 W, while the RTX 4050 Mobile has a TDP of 50 W, making the NVIDIA part dramatically more power-efficient.

Q: How do their FP32 compute figures compare?

A: The RTX 4050 Mobile delivers 8.986 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, while the RX 5700 XT delivers 9.754 TFLOPS, a modest 8.5% advantage for the AMD card.

Specification Differences

| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT |

|---|---|---|

| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | RDNA 1.0 |

| Process Node | 5 nm | 7 nm |

| Transistors | 18,900 million | 10,300 million |

| Die Size | 159 mm² | 251 mm² |

| Transistor Density | 118.9M / mm² | 41.0M / mm² |

| Base Clock | 1455 MHz | 1605 MHz |

| Boost Clock | 1755 MHz | 1905 MHz |

| Game Clock | Not specified | 1755 MHz |

| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) | 1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective) |

| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |

| Memory Bus Width | 96 bit | 256 bit |

| Memory Bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | 448.0 GB/s |

| TMUs | 80 | 160 |

| ROPs | 48 | 64 |

| RT Cores | 20 | Not specified |

| Tensor Cores | 80 | Not specified |

| Pixel Rate | 84.24 GPixel/s | 121.9 GPixel/s |

| Texture Rate | 140.4 GTexel/s | 304.8 GTexel/s |

| FP32 | 8.986 TFLOPS | 9.754 TFLOPS |

| FP16 | 8.986 TFLOPS (1:1) | 19.51 TFLOPS (2:1) |

| TDP | 50 W | 225 W |

| Slot Width | IGP | Dual-slot |

| Power Connectors | None | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |

| Suggested PSU | Not specified | 550 W |

| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |

| DirectX Support | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 (12_1) |

| Production Status | Active | End-of-life |

| Launch MSRP | Not specified | 399 USD |

| Release Date | 2023-01-02 | 2019-07-06 |