NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 470D

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and AMD Radeon RX 470D 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

AMD Radeon RX 470D

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 68% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 926 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1206 MHz
1052.6x more texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 135.1 GTexel / s
Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 21 October 2016
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 926 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1206 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 135.1 GTexel / s
Pipelines	2560 vs 1792
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 470D

Around 8% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 130 Watt
3.8x more memory clock speed: 6600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt vs 130 Watt
Memory clock speed	6600 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 470D

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon RX 470D
PassMark - G2D Mark	918
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon RX 470D
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 4.0
Code name	GA106	Ellesmere
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	21 October 2016
Place in performance rating	52	not rated
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1206 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	926 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	1792
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	135.1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	120 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	5,700 million
Floating-point performance		4,322 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	241 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	211.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	6600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR5