Graphics card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT
Nvidia
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
4096 Mb GDDR6
Released 27 Jan 2022
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX 6500 XT
4096 Mb GDDR6
Released 19 Jan 2022
DESKTOP
Summary
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
- Supports PhysX
- Supports G-Sync
- Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
- Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Infinity Cache allows to deliver up to 3.25x the effective memory bandwidth
- Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
We have no data to declare a winner at this time.
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-140-A1) | Navi 24 (Navi 24 XT) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | 6 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 107 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | 5,400 million |
| Shaders | 2304 | 1024 |
| Compute Units | 18 | 16 |
| Core clock | 1545 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| ROPs | 40 | 32 |
| TMUs | 72 | 64 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | 2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective |
| Memory Size | 4096 Mb | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|
| TDP | 90 watts | 107 watts |
| Release Date | 27 Jan 2022 | 19 Jan 2022 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB69.60 GP/s
- Radeon RX 6500 XT90.08 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB125.30 GT/s
- Radeon RX 6500 XT180.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB224.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX 6500 XT144.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB8018.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX 6500 XT5765.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better