AMD Radeon 780M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon 780M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

AMD Radeon 780M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon 780M

2.1x more core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 712 MHz
2.7x more boost clock speed: 2900 MHz vs 1057 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 139.2 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
5x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 75 Watt
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 881 vs 413
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 7113 vs 6890

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1500 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt vs 75 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	881 vs 413
PassMark - G3D Mark	7113 vs 6890

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
2.7x more pipelines: 2048 vs 768
Around 82% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50582 vs 27727
Around 78% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4897 vs 2747

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 4 Jan 2023
Pipelines	2048 vs 768
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50582 vs 27727
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4897 vs 2747

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon 780M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

27727

50582

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

881

413

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

7113

6890

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

2747

4897

Name	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Geekbench - OpenCL	27727	50582
PassMark - G2D Mark	881	413
PassMark - G3D Mark	7113	6890
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	2747	4897
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8923
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		8045
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15760
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8923
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		8045

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon 780M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Phoenix	GA107
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	2021
Place in performance rating	197	191
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2900 MHz	1057 MHz
Compute units	12
Core clock speed	1500 MHz	712 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	768	2048
Pixel fill rate	92.80 GPixel/s	42.28 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	139.2 GTexel/s	67.65 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	15 Watt	75 Watt
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		4.329 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Width		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	System Shared	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	System Dependent	192 GB/s
Memory bus width	System Shared	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	System Shared	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Memory type	System Shared	GDDR6