AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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.

AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1740 MHz
3.3x more texture fill rate: 413.0 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17232 vs 12840
Around 66% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 83195 vs 50117

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	17232 vs 12840
Geekbench - OpenCL	83195 vs 50117

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 83% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 165 Watt
Around 57% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 940 vs 597

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 165 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	940 vs 597

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

597

940

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

17232

12840

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

83195

50117

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	597	940
PassMark - G3D Mark	17232	12840
Geekbench - OpenCL	83195	50117

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 22	GA107
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	2022
Place in performance rating	90	79
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz	1740 MHz
Compute units	40
Core clock speed	2321 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	13.21 TFLOPS	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2304
Pixel fill rate	165.2 GPixel/s	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	165 Watt	90 Watt
Transistor count	17200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		250 Watt
Width		112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	2.1	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	384.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6