NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs AMD Radeon R9 290X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1057 MHz vs 947 MHz
384.4x more texture fill rate: 67.65 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 20% higher memory clock speed: 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 1250 MHz
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 50663 vs 43410
Around 41% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 165.993 vs 117.322
Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 14.641 vs 11.12
Around 12% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 135.641 vs 120.942
Around 19% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 745.481 vs 628.757
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 15760 vs 8729
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8923 vs 7055
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8045 vs 3353
Around 81% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 15760 vs 8729
Around 26% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8923 vs 7055
2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8045 vs 3353

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2021 vs 24 October 2013
Boost clock speed	1057 MHz vs 947 MHz
Texture fill rate	67.65 GTexel/s vs 176.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 250 Watt
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) vs 1250 MHz
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	50663 vs 43410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	165.993 vs 117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.641 vs 11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.641 vs 120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	745.481 vs 628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15760 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8923 vs 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8045 vs 3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15760 vs 8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8923 vs 7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8045 vs 3353

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 290X

Around 38% higher pipelines: 2816 vs 2048
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 8526 vs 6831
Around 87% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 755 vs 403
Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2460.464 vs 1980.866
9.3x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3932 vs 421

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	2816 vs 2048
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	8526 vs 6831
PassMark - G2D Mark	755 vs 403
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	2460.464 vs 1980.866
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3932 vs 421

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

6831

8526

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

403

755

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50663

43410

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

165.993

117.322

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

1980.866

2460.464

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

14.641

11.12

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

135.641

120.942

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

745.481

628.757

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15760

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8923

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8045

3353

GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

15760

8729

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8923

7055

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

8045

3353

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

421

3932

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 290X
PassMark - G3D Mark	6831	8526
PassMark - G2D Mark	403	755
Geekbench - OpenCL	50663	43410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	165.993	117.322
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	1980.866	2460.464
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	14.641	11.12
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	135.641	120.942
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	745.481	628.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	15760	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	8923	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	8045	3353
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	15760	8729
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	8923	7055
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	8045	3353
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	421	3932

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile	AMD Radeon R9 290X
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 2.0
Code name	GA107	Hawaii
Launch date	2021	24 October 2013
Place in performance rating	248	284
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Design		AMD Radeon R9 200 Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$549
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1057 MHz	947 MHz
Core clock speed	712 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	67.65 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	4.329 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	4.329 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2048	2816
Pixel fill rate	42.28 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	67.65 GTexel/s	176.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	250 Watt
Floating-point performance		5,632 gflops
Stream Processors		2560
Transistor count		6,200 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
Eyefinity
HDMI
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1 x 6-pin + 1 x 8-pin
Width	IGP
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Length		275 mm
API support
DirectX	12.2	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.6
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	192 GB/s	320 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 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)