NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1200 MHz
4.5x more pipelines: 2304 vs 512
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm

Launch date	2022 vs 26 Oct 2017
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1200 MHz
Pipelines	2304 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
PassMark - G2D Mark	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1429

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Vega
Code name	GA107	Vega Raven Ridge
Launch date	2022	26 Oct 2017
Place in performance rating	88	949
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1200 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 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	512
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt
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
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6