NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM and AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 64% higher pipelines: 2304 vs 1408
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 25% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 775
  • Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 11911 vs 9104
  • Around 36% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 60604 vs 44527
  • Around 29% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1329 vs 1032
  • Around 64% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 210.151 vs 128.135
  • Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 2513.128 vs 2024.814
  • Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 18.875 vs 13.328
  • Around 9% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 806.848 vs 742.778
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 vs 12 Dec 2019
Pipelines 2304 vs 1408
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 970 vs 775
PassMark - G3D Mark 11911 vs 9104
Geekbench - OpenCL 60604 vs 44527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1329 vs 1032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 210.151 vs 128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2513.128 vs 2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.875 vs 13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 806.848 vs 742.778

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

  • Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1607 MHz vs 1515 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1845 MHz vs 1755 MHz
  • Around 28% higher texture fill rate: 162.4 GTexel/s vs 126.4 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 8 nm
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 54% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 125.474 vs 81.395
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1607 MHz vs 1515 MHz
Boost clock speed 1845 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Texture fill rate 162.4 GTexel/s vs 126.4 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 125.474 vs 81.395

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
970
775
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
11911
9104
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
60604
44527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
1329
1032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
210.151
128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2513.128
2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
18.875
13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
81.395
125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
806.848
742.778
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
PassMark - G2D Mark 970 775
PassMark - G3D Mark 11911 9104
Geekbench - OpenCL 60604 44527
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1329 1032
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 210.151 128.135
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 2513.128 2024.814
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 18.875 13.328
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.395 125.474
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 806.848 742.778
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3367
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 11075
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3722
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3367

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT

Essentials

Architecture Ampere RDNA 1.0
Code name GA106 Navi 14
Launch date 4 Jan 2022 12 Dec 2019
Place in performance rating 205 306
Launch price (MSRP) $169
Type Desktop, Laptop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1755 MHz 1845 MHz
Core clock speed 1515 MHz 1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 7 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 126.4 GFLOPS (1:64) 324.7 GFLOPS (1:16)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 8.087 TFLOPS (1:1) 10.39 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 8.087 TFLOPS 5.196 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2304 1408
Pixel fill rate 56.16 GPixel/s 59.04 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 126.4 GTexel/s 162.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 130 Watt 130 Watt
Transistor count 12000 million 6400 million
Compute units 22

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 7.09 inches (180 mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 300 Watt 450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 8-pin 1x 8-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches Dual-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 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 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

4K H264 Decode
4K H264 Encode
H265/HEVC Decode
H265/HEVC Encode
HDMI 4K Support