AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB 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 7700 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 2544 MHz vs 1777 MHz
3.9x more texture fill rate: 549.5 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Around 35% higher pipelines: 3456 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1150 vs 918
Around 78% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22445 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3456 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445 vs 12598

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 245 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 245 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1150

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22445

12598

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	22445	12598
Geekbench - OpenCL	127132
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3316

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 32	GA106
Launch date	25 Aug 2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	53	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2544 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	54
Core clock speed	1700 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3456	2560
Pixel fill rate	244.2 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	549.5 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	245 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	28100 million	12000 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		9.098 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1a, 2x DisplayPort 2.1, 1x USB Type-C	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	50 mm, 2 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	135 mm, 5.3 inches	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	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6