AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7800 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 7800 XT

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 7 month(s) later
Around 37% higher boost clock speed: 2430 MHz vs 1777 MHz
4.1x more texture fill rate: 583.2 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 39% higher memory clock speed: 2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1169 vs 918
Around 92% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24198 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	25 Aug 2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169 vs 918
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198 vs 12598

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 20% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1295 MHz
2x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 263 Watt

Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1295 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 263 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1169

918

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

24198

12598

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1169	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	24198	12598
Geekbench - OpenCL	140136
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	500.918
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	43.482
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	530.303
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2259.753

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7800 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	24	52
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2430 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	60
Core clock speed	1295 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	3840	2560
Pixel fill rate	233.3 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	583.2 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	263 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, 3x DisplayPort 2.1	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)	600 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	111 mm, 4.4 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	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	624.1 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2438 MHz, 19.5 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6