AMD Radeon RX 8050S

Description

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