AMD Radeon 860M vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 860M, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 860M 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a60
1080p Ultran/a47
1440p Ultran/a32
4K Ultran/a16
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 860M
2572
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spyn/a4880
Solar Bayn/a21611
Port Royaln/a552
Fire Striken/a12529
Night Raidn/a53232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 860M
25630
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur57.2 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection30.5 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.83 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.16 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.93 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.35 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching97.8 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3933.5 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Markn/a486
DirectX 11n/a73 fps
DirectX 12n/a46 fps
GPU Computen/a3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a360.1 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
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Ampere
Codename Krackan Point GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 3000 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 512 2048
TMUs 32 64
ROPs 16 40
Execution Units 8 16
Ray Tracing Cores 8 16
Tensor Cores n/a 64
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 48 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 96 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15-54 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size n/a 200 mm²
Transistor count n/a 8.7 billion
Transistor density n/a 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1500 MHz
Bus n/a 128 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 860M
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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