AMD Radeon RX 560 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 560, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 560 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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
34
17
15
n/a
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
15
15
9
n/a
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
33
19
15
n/a
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
28
19
13
n/a
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
13
11
n/a
n/a
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
26
22
17
9
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
13
9
n/a
n/a
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
12
10
n/a
n/a
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
23
19
13
n/a
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High2276
1080p Ultra1659
1440p Ultra1143
4K Ultra-22
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
1769
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy18576227
Solar Bayn/a30015
Port Royaln/a3542
Fire Strike649515972
Night Raid2551074372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 560
19139
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur34 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection17.6 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.69 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection1.43 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur1.15 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.2 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching65.5 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics2232.5 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 560
3657
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark487918
DirectX 1124 fps91 fps
DirectX 1220 fps59 fps
GPU Compute1449 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 560
25.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)144.3 fps393.8 fps
Car Chasen/a361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a294.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1381.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a286.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 18, 2017 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 21 GA106
Price 99 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1175 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1275 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2560
TMUs 64 80
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1024 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 20 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 82 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 75 W 130 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 14 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 123 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 3 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 24.39 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 560
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 the clear winner in this comparison.

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