NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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, 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 5600 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
2x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 150 Watt
2.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 1669

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 21 Jan 2020
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2304
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851 vs 1669

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1560 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Around 88% higher texture fill rate: 224.6 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 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 871 vs 853
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13490 vs 10704
Around 13% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64726 vs 57286

Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Texture fill rate	224.6 GTexel/s vs 119.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	871 vs 853
PassMark - G3D Mark	13490 vs 10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	64726 vs 57286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

871

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10704

13490

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57286

64726

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

1669

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	871
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704	13490
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286	64726
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	1669
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 1.0
Code name	GA107	Navi 10 XLE
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating	132	210
Launch price (MSRP)		$279
Type		Desktop, Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Pipelines	2560	2304
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s	99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s	224.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	10300 million
Compute units		36
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		7.188 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		10.5 inches (267 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)		350 Watt
Width		Dual-slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s	288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6