Graphics card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 56
Nvidia
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
8192 Mb GDDR6
Released 4 Jan 2022
DESKTOP
VS
AMD
Radeon RX Vega 56
8192 Mb HBM2
Released 8 Aug 2017
DESKTOP
Summary
Gaming performance index
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB798%
- Radeon RX Vega 56100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
- 698% higher gaming performance.
- 80 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 56 .
- This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
- 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 Vega 56
- Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
- Supports FreeSync
- Supports ReLive (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
- Supports TrueAudio
- Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications
Our verdict
No clear winner declared
These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (10 combinations of games and resolutions).
Specifications
Core configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | Radeon RX Vega 56 |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-150-A1) | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 484 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | 12,500 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | 3584 |
| Compute Units | 20 | 56 |
| Core clock | 1552 MHz | 1156 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | 224 |
Memory configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | Radeon RX Vega 56 |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | HBM2 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | 2048 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | Radeon RX Vega 56 |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | 210 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Jan 2022 | 8 Aug 2017 |
Raw performance comparison
Pixel Rate
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB85.30 GP/s
- Radeon RX Vega 5694.14 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
Texel Rate
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB142.20 GT/s
- Radeon RX Vega 56329.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
Memory bandwidth
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB224.00 GB/s
- Radeon RX Vega 56409.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
Single precision performance
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB9098.00 GFLOPs
- Radeon RX Vega 5610544.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Game benchmarks
Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB56
- Radeon RX Vega 5657
FPS (higher is better)
Far Cry 6
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB71
- Radeon RX Vega 561
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB123
- Radeon RX Vega 56139
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB90
- Radeon RX Vega 5681
FPS (higher is better)
Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB43
- Radeon RX Vega 5645
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB80
- Radeon RX Vega 5688
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB60
- Radeon RX Vega 5654
FPS (higher is better)
Assassins Creed: Valhalla
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB26
- Radeon RX Vega 5627
FPS (higher is better)
Hitman III
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB41
- Radeon RX Vega 5648
FPS (higher is better)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
- GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB31
- Radeon RX Vega 5628
FPS (higher is better)