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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile 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, GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 8 month(s) later
5.2x more core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 300 MHz
Around 58% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1100 MHz
3559.7x more texture fill rate: 125.3 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
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
16x more maximum memory size: 4 GB vs 256 MB
2.2x more memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 399
8.4x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12873 vs 1527
5.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 49885 vs 8941

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 24 November 2017
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 300 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1100 MHz
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s vs 35.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2304 vs 512
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	4 GB vs 256 MB
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 800 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 399
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873 vs 1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885 vs 8941

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile

9x lower typical power consumption: 10 Watt vs 90 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	10 Watt vs 90 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

399

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

1527

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49885

8941

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	399
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	1527
Geekbench - OpenCL	49885	8941
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3157
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3359
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3359

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.0
Code name	GA107	Vega
Launch date	2022	24 November 2017
Place in performance rating	88	665
Type	Desktop	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1100 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	300 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	35.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	10 Watt
Floating-point performance		1,126 gflops
Transistor count		4,500 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	PCIe 3.0 x16
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)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	256 MB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	12.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	DDR4