AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
60
46
27
16
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
96
67
46
19
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
65
55
40
19
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
38
29
20
10
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
51
45
29
19
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
37
28
21
10
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
36
33
19
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
69
61
36
18
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High6060
1080p Ultra4647
1440p Ultra3032
4K Ultra1516
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
4786
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy49514880
Solar Bay1997921611
Port Royal367552
Fire Strike1557712529
Night Raid6528153232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
53081
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur130.3 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection70.1 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.59 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.21 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.02 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.65 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching223 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7470.5 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
9578
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark810486
DirectX 1190 fps73 fps
DirectX 1238 fps46 fps
GPU Compute4502 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
52.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.9 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase373.9 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)278.5 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1305.6 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 21331.2 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2259.2 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1300.51731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 19, 2022 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 24 GA107
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2310 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2815 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 1024 2048
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 40
Execution Units n/a 16
Ray Tracing Cores 16 16
Tensor Cores No 64
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 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 180 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.8 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 107 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 6 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 107 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 5 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 46.73 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2248 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 18000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
143.9 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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