Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon RX 6500M
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Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, vs AMD Radeon RX 6500M. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
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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
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 92 53 45 27 | 69 40 28 16 |
 The Witcher 3 | 89 73 51 28 | 46 40 22 13 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 143 100 71 34 | 71 48 34 14 |
 Far Cry 6 | 75 66 51 25 | 53 47 31 16 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 49 40 29 14 | 31 23 18 9 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 59 50 35 23 | 44 39 27 16 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 47 34 25 13 | 31 21 14 n/a |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 49 45 26 10 | 28 28 14 n/a |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 82 73 52 25 | 57 48 29 15 |
| 1080p High | 76 | 48 |
| 1080p Ultra | 59 | 37 |
| 1440p Ultra | 43 | 24 |
| 4K Ultra | 22 | 13 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 6227 | 4119 |
| Solar Bay | 30015 | 14971 |
| Port Royal | 3542 | 233 |
| Fire Strike | 15972 | 13012 |
| Night Raid | 74372 | 46517 |
| Background Blur | 110.4 frames/s | 112.4 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 64.4 frames/s | 61.7 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 2.87 Gpix/sec | 1.49 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.76 Gpix/sec | 2.01 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.89 Gpix/sec | 1.81 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.81 Gpix/sec | 0.58 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 270.9 Gpix/sec | 183 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 9339.7 fps | 6313.2 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 918 | 388 |
| DirectX 11 | 91 fps | 71 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 59 fps | 34 fps |
| GPU Compute | 6528 Ops/s | 2714 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 393.8 fps | 321.3 fps |
| Car Chase | 361.9 fps | 313.5 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 294.2 fps | 246.9 fps |
| T-Rex | 1381.8 fps | 1072.1 fps |
| ALU 2 | 1974.1 fps | 1137.9 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 286.3 fps | 254.5 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 2081.3 | 1048.6 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | Nvidia | AMD |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | January, 27, 2022 | January, 4, 2022 |
| Form Factor | PC use | Laptop use |
| Use case | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Entry-level | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Ampere | RDNA 2.0 |
| Codename | GA106 | Navi 24 |
| Price | 249 | n/a |
GPU
| GPU Frequency | 1552 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 1777 MHz | 2190 MHz |
| Shader Units | 2560 | 1024 |
| TMUs | 80 | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| 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 | 1000 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 57 Gpix/sec | 70 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 142 GTex/s | 140 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 4.5 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| TGP | 130 W | 50 W |
| Process | Samsung | TSMC |
| Process tech. | 8 nm | 6 nm |
| Transistor Size | 276 mm² | 107 mm² |
| Transistor count | 12 billion | 5.4 billion |
| Transistor density | 43.48 MTr/mm² | 50.47 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Interface | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Frequency | 1750 MHz | 2000 MHz |
| Bus | 128 bit | 64 bit |
| ECC support | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 14000 MB/s | 16000 MB/s |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Max Throughput
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | n/a |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | No |
Results
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