NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 vs AMD Radeon RX 480
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 and AMD Radeon RX 480 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D 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 8GB GA107
- Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 5 month(s) later
- Around 39% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1120 MHz
- Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1266 MHz
- 780x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s
- Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
- Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt
- 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
| Launch date | 16 Dec 2022 vs 29 June 2016 |
| Core clock speed | 1552 MHz vs 1120 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz vs 1266 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 142.2 GTexel/s vs 182.3 GTexel / s |
| Pipelines | 2560 vs 2304 |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm vs 14 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt vs 150 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 8 GB vs 4 GB |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 480
- 4x more memory clock speed: 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
| Memory clock speed | 7000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 480
| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 | AMD Radeon RX 480 |
|---|---|---|
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 8578 | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 774 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 39538 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 103.851 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 769.541 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 7.593 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 67.879 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 597.772 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 11172 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3719 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3361 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 11172 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3719 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3361 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 966 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 | AMD Radeon RX 480 | |
|---|---|---|
Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ampere | GCN 4.0 |
| Code name | GA107 | Ellesmere |
| Launch date | 16 Dec 2022 | 29 June 2016 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | 360 |
| Design | Radeon RX 400 Series | |
| GCN generation | 4th Gen | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $229 | |
| Price now | $299.99 | |
| Type | Desktop | |
| Value for money (0-100) | 39.12 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz | 1266 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1552 MHz | 1120 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 14 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 142.2 GFLOPS (1:64) | |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 9.098 TFLOPS (1:1) | |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 9.098 TFLOPS | |
| Pipelines | 2560 | 2304 |
| Pixel fill rate | 56.86 GPixel/s | |
| Texture fill rate | 142.2 GTexel/s | 182.3 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 115 Watt | 150 Watt |
| Compute units | 36 | |
| Floating-point performance | 5.8 TFLOPs | |
| GPU Power | 110 Watt | |
| Stream Processors | 2304 | |
| Transistor count | 5,700 million | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| DisplayPort support | ||
| Dual-link DVI support | ||
| Eyefinity | ||
| HDMI | ||
| VGA | ||
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Dual-slot | |
| Height | 40 mm, 1.6 inches | |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 242 mm, 9.5 inches | 241 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 300 Watt | 500 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Width | 112 mm, 4.4 inches | |
| Bridgeless CrossFire | ||
| Bus support | n / a | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| Vulkan | ||
| Mantle | ||
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective | 7000 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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| 4K H264 Decode | ||
| 4K H264 Encode | ||
| AMD Eyefinity | ||
| AMD Radeon™ Chill | ||
| AMD Radeon™ ReLive | ||
| AppAcceleration | ||
| CrossFire | ||
| DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready | ||
| Enduro | ||
| FreeSync | ||
| FRTC | ||
| H265/HEVC Decode | ||
| H265/HEVC Encode | ||
| HD3D | ||
| HDMI 2.0b | ||
| HDMI 4K Support | ||
| LiquidVR | ||
| PowerTune | ||
| TressFX | ||
| TrueAudio | ||
| Unified Video Decoder (UVD) | ||
| Video Code Engine (VCE) | ||
| Virtual Super Resolution (VSR) | ||
| VR Ready | ||
| ZeroCore | ||
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