NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 61% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 925 MHz
2016.9x more texture fill rate: 119.4 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
2.5x more pipelines: 2560 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

3.2x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 23% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 57286

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535 vs 57286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57286

70535

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G2D Mark	853
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286	70535
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		27566

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA107	Pitcairn
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	132	170
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	1024
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	2,800 million
Floating-point performance		1,894 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5