NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT 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, 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • Around 37% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1130 MHz
  • Around 12% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1560 MHz
  • Around 67% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 150 Watt
  • Around 17% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 871
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2022 vs 21 Jan 2020
Core clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1130 MHz
Boost clock speed 1740 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 150 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 942 vs 871

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

  • Around 79% higher texture fill rate: 224.6 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 6 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13490 vs 12873
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 64726 vs 49885
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 224.6 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size 6 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 13490 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL 64726 vs 49885

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
942
871
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
12873
13490
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
49885
64726
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 942 871
PassMark - G3D Mark 12873 13490
Geekbench - OpenCL 49885 64726
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 207.909
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3560.776
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 20.486
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 148.938
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1111.648
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 13621
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1669

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 1.0
Code name GA107 Navi 10 XLE
Launch date 2022 21 Jan 2020
Place in performance rating 88 210
Type Desktop Desktop, Laptop
Launch price (MSRP) $279

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1740 MHz 1560 MHz
Core clock speed 1545 MHz 1130 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64) 449.3 GFLOPS
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1) 14.38 TFLOPS
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.018 TFLOPS 7.188 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 2304
Pixel fill rate 55.68 GPixel/s 99.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 125.3 GTexel/s 224.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt 150 Watt
Compute units 36
Transistor count 10300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
DisplayPort count 3

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches 10.5 inches (267 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 250 Watt 350 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 224.0 GB/s 288.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 1500 MHz (12000 MHz effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6