AMD Radeon RX 590 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 590, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 590 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
79
42
33
19
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
54
47
26
15
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
93
64
42
20
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
62
50
39
20
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
50
42
29
17
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
36
25
17
10
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
34
30
15
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
55
34
17
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High5760
1080p Ultra4347
1440p Ultra2832
4K Ultra1516
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy47784880
Solar Bayn/a21611
Port Royaln/a552
Fire Strike1652412529
Night Raid6205953232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur69 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection38.2 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.75 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.31 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.31 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.38 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching180.5 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6238 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark788486
DirectX 1165 fps73 fps
DirectX 1246 fps46 fps
GPU Compute3900 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)345.4 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase328.1 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)275.6 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1275.2 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 21417.7 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2266.8 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1012.61731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 15, 2018 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
Codename Polaris 30 GA107
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1469 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1545 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2048
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units n/a 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache 16 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 49 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 222 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 175 W 35-95 W
Process GlobalFoundries Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 232 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 21.55 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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