Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
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
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High76155
1080p Ultra59127
1440p Ultra4394
4K Ultra2255
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy622716983
Solar Bay3001564114
Port Royal35429710
Fire Strike1597239013
Night Raid74372155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur110.4 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark9181191
DirectX 1191 fps187 fps
DirectX 1259 fps57 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fpsn/a
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
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2081.3n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 27, 2022 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA106 Navi 44
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2048
TMUs 80 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 20 32
Ray Tracing Cores 20 32
Tensor Cores 80 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 130 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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