GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon RX 470

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Radeon RX 470
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 29 Jun 2016
Radeon RX 470

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    164%
  • Radeon RX 470
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

64% higher gaming performance.
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 Radeon RX 470

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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (14 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 470
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsEllesmere (Ellesmere PRO)
Fab Process8 nmvs14 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs232 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs5,700 million
Shaders2560vs2048
Compute Units20vs32
Core clock1552 MHzvs926 MHz
ROPs48vs32
TMUs80vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 470
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1650 MHz
6600 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX 470
TDP130 wattsvs120 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vs29 Jun 2016

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • Radeon RX 470
    38.60 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • Radeon RX 470
    154.40 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX 470
    211.20 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX 470
    4940.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    56
  • Radeon RX 470
    37

FPS (higher is better)

Codemasters Formula 1 2021

Ultra high Quality, TAA, bahrain,DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    115
  • Radeon RX 470
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71
  • Radeon RX 470
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123
  • Radeon RX 470
    73

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 GB
    90
  • Radeon RX 470
    48

FPS (higher is better)