Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon 680M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, vs AMD Radeon 680M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon 680M
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
92
53
45
27
42
23
17
10
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
19
21
10
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
39
23
20
n/a
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
33
27
19
9
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
18
12
9
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
27
24
19
10
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
19
11
9
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
19
15
10
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
25
24
17
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7627
1080p Ultra5920
1440p Ultra4314
4K Ultra22-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Time Spy62272337
Solar Bay3001510075
Port Royal35421022
Fire Strike159726948
Night Raid7437227970
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Background Blur110.4 frames/s73.8 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s30.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec1.17 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec0.37 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec105 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps4640 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
G2D Mark918751
DirectX 1191 fps45 fps
DirectX 1259 fps22 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s2163 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fps142 fps
Car Chase361.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)294.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex1381.8 fpsn/a
ALU 21974.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2286.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLVulkan
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2081.3n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 27, 2022 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Ampere RDNA 2.0
Codename GA106 Rembrandt
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 400 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 2200-2400 MHz
Shader Units 2560 768
TMUs 80 48
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 20 12
Ray Tracing Cores 20 12
Tensor Cores 80 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 Gpix/sec 70-77 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 106-115 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 130 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 6 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 208 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 13.1 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 62.98 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB n/a
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a n/a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

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