NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 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 6700 XT

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 230 Watt

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 3 Mar 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 230 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

Around 50% higher core clock speed: 2321 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz
2.9x more texture fill rate: 413.0 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 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 926
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 19842 vs 12731

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2321 MHz vs 1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	2581 MHz vs 1777 MHz
Texture fill rate	413.0 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 926
PassMark - G3D Mark	19842 vs 12731

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

926

942

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12731

19842

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark	926	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	12731	19842
Geekbench - OpenCL		100108
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		349.422
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		7129.567
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		34.064
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		197.183
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1699.337
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		50772
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		15315
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		18062
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		50772
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		12820

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	RDNA 2.0
Code name	GA106	Navi 22
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	3 Mar 2021
Place in performance rating	46	48
Launch price (MSRP)		$479
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	2581 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	2321 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	825.9 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)	26.43 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS	13.21 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2560
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s	165.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	413.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	230 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	17200 million
Compute units		40
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 4.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm (10.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 6-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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	384 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz (16 Gbps effective)
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6