AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6600 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
133
73
58
38
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
121
96
68
34
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
185
128
93
49
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
104
90
65
35
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
68
59
40
23
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
93
86
60
38
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
42
23
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
73
64
37
18
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
124
107
76
37
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High10876
1080p Ultra8559
1440p Ultra6043
4K Ultra3322
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
9026
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy96526227
Solar Bay3750330015
Port Royal46033542
Fire Strike2866815972
Night Raid11484274372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
84088
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur208 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection114.6 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.91 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.71 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.38 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.94 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching306 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11198.1 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
16471
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark911918
DirectX 11163 fps91 fps
DirectX 1261 fps59 fps
GPU Compute7706 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
116.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)690.3 fps393.8 fps
Car Chasen/a361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)525.1 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex2173.5 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 22886.2 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2487.2 fps286.3 fps
APIMetalOpenGL
OSOS XWindows
Tessellationn/a2081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 30, 2021 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 23 GA106
Price 379 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1968 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2589 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2048 2560
TMUs 128 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 32 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 331 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 160 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 237 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 11 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 46.41 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
256 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

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