Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, vs AMD Radeon RX 5500M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon RX 5500M
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
70
40
30
15
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
46
37
22
13
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
70
51
35
15
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
53
43
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
30
26
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
46
40
28
17
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
29
22
17
9
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
31
26
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
56
45
30
17
Avg FPS
1080p High7648
1080p Ultra5937
1440p Ultra4325
4K Ultra2213
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
3816
Time Spy62274300
Solar Bay30015n/a
Port Royal3542n/a
Fire Strike1597212849
Night Raid7437242092
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
46415
Background Blur110.4 frames/s89.3 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s50.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec1.91 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec2.74 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec0.49 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec159.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps5898.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
5791
G2D Mark918412
DirectX 1191 fps35 fps
DirectX 1259 fps28 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s2303 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
50.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fps289.3 fps
Car Chase361.9 fps262.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)294.2 fps221.9 fps
T-Rex1381.8 fps936.7 fps
ALU 21974.1 fps1171.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2286.3 fps153.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2081.31215.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 27, 2022 October, 7, 2019
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level High-end
Architecture Ampere RDNA 1.0
Codename GA106 Navi 14
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 1375 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1645 MHz
Shader Units 2560 1408
TMUs 80 88
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 20 22
Ray Tracing Cores 20 No
Tensor Cores 80 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 Gpix/sec 53 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 145 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 4.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 130 W 85 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 158 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 6.4 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 40.51 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No n/a
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
224 GB/s

API

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

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