NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6800

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX 6800 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 - 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 4GB

AMD Radeon RX 6800

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 250 Watt

Launch date	2022 vs 28 Oct 2020
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 250 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6800

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1700 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Around 21% higher boost clock speed: 2105 MHz vs 1740 MHz
4x more texture fill rate: 505.2 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Around 67% higher pipelines: 3840 vs 2304
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 976 vs 942
Around 72% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22194 vs 12873
2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 127870 vs 49783

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1700 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Boost clock speed	2105 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Texture fill rate	505.2 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3840 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	976 vs 942
PassMark - G3D Mark	22194 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	127870 vs 49783

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6800

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

976

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

22194

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49783

127870

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	976
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	22194
Geekbench - OpenCL	49783	127870
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		432.118
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.585
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		383.037
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2280.457
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3373
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		16162
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3719
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3373
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		16218

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX 6800
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA107	Navi 21
Launch date	2022	28 Oct 2020
Place in performance rating	81	82
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$579
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	2105 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1700 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	1010 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)	32.33 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS	16.17 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304	3840
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s	202.1 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	505.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	250 Watt
Compute units		60
Transistor count		26800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	120 mm (4.7 inches)
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	512.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6