NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX 5500

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX 5500 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 4GB

AMD Radeon RX 5500

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 10 month(s) later
771.7x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 162.36 GT/s
Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 747
Around 47% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 8785
Around 12% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49885 vs 44380

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 7 Oct 2019
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 162.36 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 747
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 8785
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885 vs 44380

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500

Around 8% higher core clock speed: 1670 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 6% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1740 MHz

Core clock speed	1670 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	1845 MHz vs 1740 MHz

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5500

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

747

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

8785

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

44380

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX 5500
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	747
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	8785
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	44380
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		12069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		12069
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3351
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4813

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX 5500
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA
Code name	GA107
Launch date	2022	7 Oct 2019
Place in performance rating	88	259
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1845 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1670 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.4 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS	5.2 TFLOPs
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s	59 GP/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	162.36 GT/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	150 Watt
Compute units		22
Stream Processors		1408
Transistor count		6400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1 x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Technologies
4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support