GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 56
Summary
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
798%
Radeon RX Vega 56
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider 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 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| Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-150-A1) | vs | Vega 10 (Vega 10 XL) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 14 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | vs | 484 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 12,500 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 3584 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 56 |
| Core clock | 1552 MHz | vs | 1156 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 224 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | HBM2 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 2048 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 800 MHz
1600 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | Radeon RX Vega 56 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 210 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Jan 2022 | vs | 8 Aug 2017 |
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
85.30 GP/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
94.14 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
142.20 GT/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
329.50 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
224.00 GB/s
Radeon RX Vega 56
409.60 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
9098.00 GFLOPs
Radeon RX Vega 56
10544.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
56
Radeon RX Vega 56
57
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra High Quality, DirectX12, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
71
Radeon RX Vega 56
1
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
123
Radeon RX Vega 56
139
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
90
Radeon RX Vega 56
81
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
43
Radeon RX Vega 56
45
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
80
Radeon RX Vega 56
88
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
60
Radeon RX Vega 56
54
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
26
Radeon RX Vega 56
27
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
41
Radeon RX Vega 56
48
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
31
Radeon RX Vega 56
28
FPS (higher is better)