GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs Radeon RX 6500 XT

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Jan 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT

Summary

Reasons to consider 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 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)

No clear winner declared

We have no data to declare a winner at this time.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBRadeon RX 6500 XT
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-140-A1)vsNavi 24 (Navi 24 XT)
Fab Process8 nmvs6 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs107 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs5,400 million
Shaders2304vs1024
Compute Units18vs16
Core clock1545 MHzvs2200 MHz
ROPs40vs32
TMUs72vs64

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBRadeon RX 6500 XT
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs64 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs2250 MHz
18 Gbps effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBRadeon RX 6500 XT
TDP90 wattsvs107 watts
Release Date27 Jan 2022vs19 Jan 2022

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    69.60 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    90.08 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    125.30 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    180.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    144.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    8018.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 6500 XT
    5765.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better