NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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 RX 5500 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 82% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1408
Around 73% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 775
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10704 vs 9104
Around 29% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 57286 vs 44527
4.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 1032

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 12 Dec 2019
Pipelines	2560 vs 1408
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 130 Watt
Maximum memory size	6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 775
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704 vs 9104
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286 vs 44527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851 vs 1032

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Around 30% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Around 24% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Around 36% higher texture fill rate: 162.4 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
9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Core clock speed	1607 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Texture fill rate	162.4 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

775

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10704

9104

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57286

44527

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

1032

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	775
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704	9104
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286	44527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	1032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3367

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA107	Navi 14
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	12 Dec 2019
Place in performance rating	132	306
Launch price (MSRP)		$169
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1845 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2560	1408
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s	59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	162.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	130 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	6400 million
Compute units		22
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		5.196 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		450 Watt
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support