NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile 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 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 9% higher core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Around 15% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 1301 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
Around 60% lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 1 June 2018
Core clock speed	1237 MHz vs 1138 MHz
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz vs 1301 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 120 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Memory clock speed	1600 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	853
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8917
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8917

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.0
Code name	GA107	Vega 10
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	1 June 2018
Place in performance rating	132	133
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1301 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1138 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Pipelines	2560
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	12,500 million
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 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6