NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Around 30% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1340 MHz
649.2x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 193.0 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 185 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 18 April 2017
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1257 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1340 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 193.0 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 185 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR

2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
4.6x more memory clock speed: 8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	8000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR
PassMark - G2D Mark	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX 580 XTR
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA107	Polaris 20
Launch date	2022	18 April 2017
Place in performance rating	88	not rated
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$229
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1340 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1257 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 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	2304
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	193.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	185 Watt
Floating-point performance		6,175 gflops
Transistor count		5,700 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x 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	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_0)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	256.0 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	8000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5