AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 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: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

Around 49% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 2815 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 27% higher texture fill rate: 180.2 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 107 Watt vs 115 Watt
Around 28% higher memory clock speed: 2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt vs 115 Watt
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	16 Dec 2022 vs 19 Jan 2022
Pipelines	2560 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107
PassMark - G2D Mark	812
PassMark - G3D Mark	9583
Geekbench - OpenCL	48727
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	235

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 24	GA107
Launch date	19 Jan 2022	16 Dec 2022
Place in performance rating	216	not rated
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2815 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	360.3 GFLOPS (1:16)	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.53 TFLOPS (2:1)	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	5.765 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	1024	2560
Pixel fill rate	90.08 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	180.2 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	107 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Height		40 mm, 1.6 inches
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.2	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	143.9 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2248 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6