AMD Radeon RX 8050S
2 laptops with AMD Radeon RX 8050S in comparion
The AMD Radeon RX 8050S is an integrated graphics unit (iGPU) based on the RDNA 3.5 architecture, which has been on the market since 2025. It offers a convincing balance of gaming performance and energy efficiency for multimedia notebooks and mobile workstations. As the direct predecessor of the Radeon RX 8060S, it is positioned in the upper mid-range segment and is aimed at users who require solid graphics performance without a dedicated GPU - whether for gaming, content creation or AI-accelerated applications.
Performance comparison: RX 8050S vs. RX 8060S & NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050
The RX 8050S has 32 compute units (CUs) and boost clock rates of up to 2.8 GHz, which makes it perform slightly weaker in benchmarks than the RX 8060S with 40 CUs and up to 2.9 GHz. In practice, this means that it can handle current games such as Cyberpunk 2077 or Elden Ring in 1080p with medium details, while the RX 8060S should already enable smoother gameplay at higher settings. Compared to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4050 laptop GPU, the RX 8050S is on a par with classic rasterization, but loses out significantly in ray tracing and DLSS-accelerated titles - here NVIDIA has the edge thanks to specialized RT and Tensor cores.
Technical highlights & areas of application
With support for AMD FSR 3.1 and AV1 hardware decoding, the RX 8050S is not only suitable for smooth gaming, but also for media playback as well as image and video editing. With this iGPU, users don't have to shy away from lighter rendering tasks either. Energy efficiency is excellent thanks to RDNA 3.5 optimizations, which makes it particularly interesting for slim ultrabooks. Compared to the RX 8060S, it lacks some performance reserves, but its performance is perfectly adequate for everyday applications and occasional gaming.
Conclusion: Good iGPU alternative to entry-level dedicated GPUs
The Radeon RX 8050S is a convincing iGPU for users who don't want to compromise on graphics performance but don't want to do without a dedicated GPU. It is just behind the RX 8060S, but still offers enough power for Full HD gaming and multimedia applications. Compared to NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 4050, it is competitive in classic gaming, but cannot keep up with ray tracing and AI features. For AMD-based notebooks without a dedicated graphics card, it currently remains one of the best integrated solutions on the market.
Status 05/2025
Core Information
Codename
Strix Halo
GPU Name
Strix Halo
Model Series
AMD Radeon 8000S
Release Date
06.01.2025
GPU Specifications
GPU Architecture
RDNA 3.5
Base Clock
1295 MHz
Boost Clock
2800 MHz
Integrated GPU
Yes
MXM Module
No
Compute Units
Compute Units
32
Render Output Units
64
Texture Mapping Units
128
Shader Units
2048
Hardware Ray Tracing
Yes
Ray Tracing Units
32
Memory
System-Dependent Memory Bandwidth
Yes
Shared Memory
Yes
Dedicated Graphics Memory
No
Cache
L2 Cache
2 MB
L3 Cache
32 MB
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Fill Rate
179.2 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate
358.4 GTexel/s
FP16 Compute Performance
22.94 TFLOPS
FP16 Ratio
2:1
FP32 Compute Performance
11.47 TFLOPS
FP64 Compute Performance
358.4 GFLOPS
FP64 Ratio
1:32
Manufacturing
Foundry
TSMC
Process Node
4 nm
Chip Specifications
Die Area
308 mm²
Supported Standards
DirectX
12.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.1
Vulkan
1.4
Shader Model
6.8
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Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 2.45 GHz (Panther Lake)
NVIDIA RTX PRO 500 Blackwell
Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 2.5 GHz (Panther Lake)
Intel Arc B390
Intel Graphics 2 Xe3 (Wildcat Lake)
Qualcomm Adreno X2-90 1.7GHz
Qualcomm Adreno X2-45 0.91GHz
Qualcomm Adreno X2-85
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
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