AMD Radeon RX 6550M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 6550M and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD Radeon RX 6550M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6550M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 32% higher core clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 2840 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 181.8 GTexel/s vs 126.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 6 nm vs 8 nm
Around 63% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Launch date	4 Jan 2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s vs 126.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 495
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11911 vs 9786
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60604 vs 45426

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	970 vs 495
PassMark - G3D Mark	11911 vs 9786
Geekbench - OpenCL	60604 vs 45426

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 6550M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

495

970

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

9786

11911

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

45426

60604

Name	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
PassMark - G2D Mark	495	970
PassMark - G3D Mark	9786	11911
Geekbench - OpenCL	45426	60604
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1329
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		210.151
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2513.128
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		18.875
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		81.395
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		806.848

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 6550M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 2.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 24	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	207	205
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2840 MHz	1755 MHz
Compute units	16
Core clock speed	2000 MHz	1515 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	6 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	1024	2304
Pixel fill rate	90.88 GPixel/s	56.16 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	181.8 GTexel/s	126.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	80 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	5400 million	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		126.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		8.087 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		8.087 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x4	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)		300 Watt
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	144.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	64 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6