NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 9 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 72% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 900 MHz
Around 88% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 925 MHz
2116.6x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 2304 vs 1024
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 28 nm
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 150 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 2 GB

Launch date	2022 vs 13 March 2015
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 900 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 925 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 59.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 1024
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 28 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 150 Watt
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 2 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

2.7x more memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 41% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 70535 vs 50117

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	70535 vs 50117

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

50117

70535

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
PassMark - G2D Mark	941
PassMark - G3D Mark	12843
Geekbench - OpenCL	50117	70535
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		6316
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		8390
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		27566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		27566

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon R9 270 1024SP
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 1.0
Code name	GA107	Pitcairn
Launch date	2022	13 March 2015
Place in performance rating	79	165
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	925 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	900 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	28 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	1024
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	59.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	150 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,894 gflops
Transistor count		2,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	153.6 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5