NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • 4.1x more core clock speed: 1237 MHz vs 300 MHz
  • Around 36% higher boost clock speed: 1492 MHz vs 1100 MHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 355
  • 5.7x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 10704 vs 1894
  • 5.6x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 862
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jul 2022 vs 23 April 2018
Core clock speed 1237 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed 1492 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 853 vs 355
PassMark - G3D Mark 10704 vs 1894
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4851 vs 862

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

  • 2.1x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 75 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 75 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
853
355
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10704
1894
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4851
862
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient
PassMark - G2D Mark 853 355
PassMark - G3D Mark 10704 1894
Geekbench - OpenCL 57286
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4851 862
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 26.039
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 176.928
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 27.603
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 135.437
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3352
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 2408
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3170
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3352

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB AMD Radeon Vega 8 Efficient

Essentials

Architecture Ampere GCN 5.0
Code name GA107 Raven
Launch date 6 Jul 2022 23 April 2018
Place in performance rating 132 931
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1492 MHz 1100 MHz
Core clock speed 1237 MHz 300 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 35 Watt
Transistor count 8700 million 4,940 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent No outputs

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 IGP
Supplementary power connectors None 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
Memory type GDDR6