NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1471 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 14 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 210 Watt
Around 9% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 769

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 14 August 2017
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1156 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1471 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 210 Watt
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1600 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 769

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

2.6x more texture fill rate: 330.00 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 13230 vs 12873
3.3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 163998 vs 49782

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	330.00 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	3584 vs 2304
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	13230 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	163998 vs 49782

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: AMD Radeon RX Vega 56

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

769

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

13230

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49782

163998

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	769
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	13230
Geekbench - OpenCL	49782	163998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		184.405
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		1765.06
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		12.606
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		79.32
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1022.925
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3361
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		14462
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3361
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6874

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	GCN 5.0
Code name	GA107	Vega 10
Launch date	2022	14 August 2017
Place in performance rating	81	224
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Design		Radeon RX Vega Series
Launch price (MSRP)		$399
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1471 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1156 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	14 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)	21 TFLOPs
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS	10.5 TFLOPs
Pipelines	2304	3584
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s	94.00 GP/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s	330.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	210 Watt
Compute units		56
Floating-point performance		10.5 TFLOPs
Render output units		64
Stream Processors		3584
Texture Units		256
Transistor count		12,500 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Dual-link DVI support
VGA
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0	2.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	410 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	2048 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	HBM2
Technologies
AMD Eyefinity
AMD Radeon™ Chill
AMD Radeon™ ReLive
FreeSync
PowerTune
TressFX
TrueAudio
Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
Video Code Engine (VCE)
Virtual Super Resolution (VSR)
VR Ready
ZeroCore