NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon R9 290X videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 947 MHz
678.4x more texture fill rate: 119.4 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
3.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 755
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10704 vs 8526
Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57286 vs 43410
Around 23% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 3932

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 755
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704 vs 8526
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286 vs 43410
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851 vs 3932

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 10% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2560

Pipelines	2816 vs 2560

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 290X

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

755

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10704

8526

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57286

43410

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

3932

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	755
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704	8526
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286	43410
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	3932
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3353

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 2.0
Code name	GA107	Hawaii
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	132	284
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Pipelines	2560	2816
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	6,200 million
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	512 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1250 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AppAcceleration
CrossFire
DDMA audio
FreeSync
HD3D
LiquidVR
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)