NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6600

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and AMD Radeon RX 6600 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

AMD Radeon RX 6600

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 43% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1792
Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 132 Watt
Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 933 vs 872

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 13 Oct 2021
Pipelines	2560 vs 1792
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 132 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	933 vs 872

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6600

Around 5% higher core clock speed: 1626 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 40% higher boost clock speed: 2491 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Around 96% higher texture fill rate: 279.0 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15139 vs 12807

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1626 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2491 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	279.0 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15139 vs 12807

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6600

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

933

872

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12807

15139

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon RX 6600
PassMark - G2D Mark	933	872
PassMark - G3D Mark	12807	15139
Geekbench - OpenCL		72157
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		260.061
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5472.868
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		20.421
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		290.312
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1152.228
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		69225
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		19713
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		26778
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		69225
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8082

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon RX 6600
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 23 XL
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	13 Oct 2021
Place in performance rating	43	38
Launch price (MSRP)		$329
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2491 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	1626 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	558.0 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)	17.86 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS	8.928 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	1792
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s	159.4 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	279.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	132 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	11060 million
Compute units		28
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort count		3
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	190 mm (7.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	110 mm (4.3 inches)
Height		40 mm (1.6 inches)
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.2
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.5
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	224 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz (14 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6