AMD Radeon 680M vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 680M, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 680M and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
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
42
23
17
10
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
19
21
10
n/a
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
39
23
20
n/a
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
33
27
19
9
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
18
12
9
n/a
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
27
24
19
10
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
19
11
9
n/a
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
19
15
10
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
25
24
17
n/a
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High2760
1080p Ultra2047
1440p Ultra1432
4K Ultra-16
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 680M
2194
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy23374880
Solar Bay1007521611
Port Royal1022552
Fire Strike694812529
Night Raid2797053232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 680M
28675
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur73.8 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection30.1 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.93 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.17 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.17 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.37 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching105 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4640 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 680M
4668
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark751486
DirectX 1145 fps73 fps
DirectX 1222 fps46 fps
GPU Compute2163 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 680M
27.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)142 fps360.1 fps
Car Chasen/a318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a261.5 fps
T-Rexn/a1272.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a257.6 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a1731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 1, 2022 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Rembrandt GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency 400 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2200-2400 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 768 2048
TMUs 48 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units 12 16
Ray Tracing Cores 12 16
Tensor Cores n/a 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 70-77 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 106-115 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.4-3.7 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 208 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 13.1 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 62.98 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1500 MHz
Bus n/a 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 680M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

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

Results

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