AMD Radeon RX 7900M vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon RX 7900M 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.

AMD Radeon RX 7900M

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 7900M

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 18% higher core clock speed: 1825 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 2090 MHz vs 1777 MHz
4.2x more texture fill rate: 601.9 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Around 80% higher pipelines: 4608 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 29% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 73% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22262 vs 12867

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	19 Oct 2023 vs 4 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1825 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	4608 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	22262 vs 12867

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 38% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 180 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 940 vs 910

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 180 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	940 vs 910

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon RX 7900M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

910

940

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

22262

12867

Name	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	910	940
PassMark - G3D Mark	22262	12867
Geekbench - OpenCL	109872

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Radeon RX 7900M	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Essentials
Architecture	RDNA 3.0	Ampere
Code name	Navi 31	GA106
Launch date	19 Oct 2023	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	42	43
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2090 MHz	1777 MHz
Compute units	72
Core clock speed	1825 MHz	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	4608	2560
Pixel fill rate	267.5 GPixel/s	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	601.9 GTexel/s	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	57700 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	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	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	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6