Integrated AMD Radeon 890M graphics are more powerful than the discrete GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card

AMD has been actively developing the integrated graphics direction in recent years. Now the company is preparing to introduce the most powerful Radeon 890M video chipwhich is likely to set a new performance bar. According to leaked synthetic tests, the new iGPU outperforms not only the previous leader in the face of Radeon 780Mbut also some mid-range discrete graphics cards, such as GeForce RTX 3050 in mobile version.

Radeon 890M Specifications and Architecture

The Radeon 890M graphics chip is expected to be included in the new Ryzen AI 300 Series APUbuilt on the RDNA 3.5 architecture. The upcoming iGPU features 16 compute units, a clock speed of up to 2900 MHz, and support for LPDDR5 memory, which will be used as video memory.

The tests involved a graphics chip integrated into the processor. Ryzen AI 9 HX 370installed in the laptop ASUS ProArt P16 with 32 GB RAM LPDDR5-7467. Let's note in parentheses that the high memory bandwidth almost certainly played an important role in achieving such impressive results. However, this certainly does not make the video chip itself worse.

Radeon 890M Benchmark Performance

In the Geekbench 6 benchmark, the Vulkan Radeon 890M scored impressively 46,298 pointsHere's how that result compares to the advances in graphics solutions that AMD's new GPU will have to compete with:

As you can see, the performance gain compared to AMD Radeon 780M is an impressive 46%. But the most interesting thing is that the Radeon 890M managed to bypass even discrete video cards, which are still popular in budget gaming builds. These include the Radeon RX 6400, the Arc A380, and the previously mentioned laptop version. GeForce RTX 3050 with 4GB of video memory.

In the OpenCL test, the Radeon 890M had a 38% advantage over its predecessor, the Radeon 780M. At the same time, the new product again turned out to be faster than a number of discrete GPUs, although it was inferior to the mobile RTX 3050.

In any case, given the 46 percent performance boost over the Radeon 780M, we can expect the Radeon 890M to deliver significantly higher frame rates in modern games. To put things in perspective, here are the Radeon 780M numbers in the Ryzen 7 8700G:

• Cyberpunk 2077 – 63 fps

• Far Cry 6 – 65 fps

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – 68 fps

• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 76 fps

• Tiny Tina's Wonderlands – 80 fps

• Hitman 3 – 89 fps

• Borderlands 3 – 91 fps

• Metro Exodus – 98 fps

• Grand Theft Auto 5 – 109 fps

• F1 2022 – 120 fps

• Dota 2 – 165 fps

• League of Legends – 236 fps

• World of Tanks Encore – 581 fps

If we assume what these figures will be, taking into account the performance gains, we can expect the Radeon 890M to be able to provide comfortable game at 60+ FPS in most modern titles at 1080p resolution and medium graphics settings. The main thing is that the cooling allows it, and the RAM works at a frequency sufficient to reveal this potential.

Radeon 890M vs Discrete GPU Comparison

Despite the fact that we are talking about mobile processors, such high performance of the integrated graphics they have calls into question the feasibility of using discrete entry-level video cards. The Radeon 890M will clearly be able to provide quite acceptable frame rates in modern games at 1080p resolutionwhile consuming significantly less energy.

According to AMD, the closest alternative to the Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 with Radeon 890M in terms of performance among the solutions already available on the market will be setup Intel Core i5-13400F and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650which produces roughly comparable FPS figures in games. The new video chip clearly won't be able to compete with the desktop version of the RTX 3050. But even the performance that the Radeon 890M is capable of delivering is already worth a lot.

Moreover, this is only the beginning. In the future flagship APU AMD plans to use up to 40 compute units, which will challenge even mid-range discrete GPUs. This opens up interesting prospects for the notebook and compact systems market, where the integration of powerful graphics without the need for a separate GPU could lead to thinner, lighter, and more energy-efficient gaming devices.

Radeon 890M Market Prospects

The Radeon 890M represents a significant step forward in integrated graphics. Its ability to compete with entry-level discrete GPUs opens up new possibilities for affordable gaming systems and power-efficient laptops. Although it's too early to talk about complete superiority over discrete graphics.

Not least because Intel still rules the roost in this segment. Therefore, the likelihood of using AMD's new processors – especially at a potentially higher price in terms of such capabilities – does not seem high enough to many. After all, getting established gaming laptop manufacturers, who are bound by partnership obligations with graphics card suppliers, to switch to the new APU from the “red” could prove to be a difficult task.

Processors with Radeon 890M graphics will definitely start appearing in laptops like Copilot+PC. But their appearance as the only possible option for a graphics accelerator from Asus, Acer and other major players is still under great question. Therefore, all that remains for us is to simply wait for the official release and independent tests to see how much the Radeon 890M will live up to expectations in real conditions.