GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 64

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Radeon RX Vega 64
Memory: 8192Mb HBM2DESKTOP
Release date: 8 Aug 2017
Radeon RX Vega 64

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    100%
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    150%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

165 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the Radeon RX Vega 64 .
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 64

50% higher gaming performance.
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Based on an outdated architecture (AMD GCN), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

Radeon RX Vega 64

HWBench recommends Radeon RX Vega 64

The Radeon RX Vega 64 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX Vega 64
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsVega 10 (Vega 10 XT)
Fab Process8 nmvs14 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs484 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs12,500 million
Shaders2560vs4096
Compute Units20vs64
Core clock1552 MHzvs1250 MHz
ROPs48vs64
TMUs80vs256

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX Vega 64
Memory TypeGDDR6vsHBM2
Bus Width128 bitvs2048 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs945 MHz
1890 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs8192 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBRadeon RX Vega 64
TDP130 wattsvs295 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vs8 Aug 2017

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    96.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    384.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    483.80 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    12288.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    56
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    71
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    82

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    123
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    142

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 Vega 64
    90

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    43
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    48

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    51
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    80
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    94

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
    60
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    61

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    26
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    6
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    35

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    41
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    51

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
    31
  • Radeon RX Vega 64
    31

FPS (higher is better)