NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs AMD Radeon Pro 450

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and AMD Radeon Pro 450 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 - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

AMD Radeon Pro 450

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 94% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 800 MHz
4443.8x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
4x more pipelines: 2560 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Around 48% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 918 vs 619
4.6x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12598 vs 2723

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 30 October 2016
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 800 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 32 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	918 vs 619
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598 vs 2723

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon Pro 450

3.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 130 Watt
2.9x more memory clock speed: 5080 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	35 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	5080 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon Pro 450

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

619

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12598

2723

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon Pro 450
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	619
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598	2723
Geekbench - OpenCL		9114
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		26.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		568.609
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		2.409
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		39.784
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		126.562
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3344
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		3347
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1749
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3344

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon Pro 450
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA106	Baffin
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	30 October 2016
Place in performance rating	52	786
Type		Mobile workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	800 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	640
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	32 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	35 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	3,000 million
Floating-point performance		1,024 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Laptop size		large
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	8 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	81.28 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	5080 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
DisplayPort 1.3 HBR / 1.4 HDR Ready
FreeSync
HDMI 2.0