NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6600S

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon RX 6600S 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

AMD Radeon RX 6600S

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 59% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 828 vs 520

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 4 Jan 2022
Pipelines	2560 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 80 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	828 vs 520

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600S

Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Around 34% higher boost clock speed: 2000 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 224.0 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12445 vs 10669
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 66815 vs 56984

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	2000 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.0 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	12445 vs 10669
Geekbench - OpenCL	66815 vs 56984

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600S

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

828

520

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10669

12445

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

56984

66815

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX 6600S
PassMark - G2D Mark	828	520
PassMark - G3D Mark	10669	12445
Geekbench - OpenCL	56984	66815
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4848

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX 6600S
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA107	Navi 23
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	150	147
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	2000 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2560	1792
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s	128.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	224.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	80 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6