AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 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
130
72
58
38
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High10676
1080p Ultra8359
1440p Ultra5943
4K Ultra3122
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy94256227
Solar Bayn/a30015
Port Royaln/a3542
Fire Strike2753515972
Night Raid10314174372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur148 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection89.5 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics10480.7 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark921918
DirectX 11117 fps91 fps
DirectX 1265 fps59 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase606.1 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex2407 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 23024.6 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2576.42081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 10 GA106
Price 399 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2560
TMUs 160 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 225 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 251 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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

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