AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 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
84
46
33
20
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High6076
1080p Ultra4659
1440p Ultra3043
4K Ultra1522
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy49516227
Solar Bay1997930015
Port Royal3673542
Fire Strike1557715972
Night Raid6528174372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur130.3 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark810918
DirectX 1190 fps91 fps
DirectX 1238 fps59 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.52081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 24 GA106
Price 199 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2560
TMUs 64 80
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 16 20
Tensor Cores No 80
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 90 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 107 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

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