Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, vs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
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
24
12
9
n/a
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
9
11
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
27
17
12
n/a
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
19
17
10
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
20
15
13
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
15
15
10
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High7616
1080p Ultra5912
1440p Ultra439
4K Ultra22-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1248
Time Spy62271413
Solar Bay30015n/a
Port Royal3542n/a
Fire Strike159724515
Night Raid7437217937
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
10472
Background Blur110.4 frames/s21.2 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s10.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec0.34 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec0.65 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec0.51 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec0.13 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec34.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps1322.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1580
G2D Mark918409
DirectX 1191 fps10 fps
DirectX 1259 fps8 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s874 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
12.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fps77 fps
Car Chase361.9 fps68.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)294.2 fps58.9 fps
T-Rex1381.8 fps293.7 fps
ALU 21974.1 fps318 fps
Driver Overhead 2286.3 fps98.4 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2081.3340.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Integrated
Announced January, 27, 2022 February, 13, 2018
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Universal
Segment Entry-level Entry-level
Architecture Ampere GCN 5.0
Codename GA106 Raven
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 300 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1100-2100 MHz
Shader Units 2560 512
TMUs 80 32
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 20 8
Ray Tracing Cores 20 No
Tensor Cores 80 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core n/a
L2 cache 2000 KB/core n/a
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 Gpix/sec 9-17 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 35-67 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 1.1-2.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 IGP
TGP 130 W 15 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 210 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 4.94 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 23.52 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 RX Vega 8
n/a

API

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

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