Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon 890M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, vs AMD Radeon 890M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon 890M
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
58
31
27
14
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
36
28
15
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
53
34
24
10
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
46
36
23
12
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
25
19
15
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
40
34
22
15
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
24
19
12
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
26
21
11
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
42
37
25
12
Avg FPS
1080p High7639
1080p Ultra5929
1440p Ultra4319
4K Ultra2210
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
AMD Radeon 890M
3224
Time Spy62273373
Solar Bay3001514769
Port Royal35421820
Fire Strike159729007
Night Raid7437239135
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
AMD Radeon 890M
42932
Background Blur110.4 frames/s98.6 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s42 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec1.6 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec1.69 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec214.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps7757.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
AMD Radeon 890M
8470
G2D Mark9181006
DirectX 1191 fps77 fps
DirectX 1259 fps37 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s4421 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
AMD Radeon 890M
39.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fps197.2 fps
Car Chase361.9 fps229.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)294.2 fps189.7 fps
T-Rex1381.8 fps754.1 fps
ALU 21974.1 fps906.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2286.3 fps251.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2081.31577.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 27, 2022 June, 3, 2024
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 3+
Codename GA106 Strix Point
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 800 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 2900 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1024
TMUs 80 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 20 16
Ray Tracing Cores 20 16
Tensor Cores 80 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 Gpix/sec 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 186 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 5.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 130 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Max temperature n/a 100 °C
Transistor Size 276 mm² 178 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 25.4 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 142.7 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 System Shared
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit n/a
ECC support No n/a
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 890M
n/a

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 n/a
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

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