AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High13276
1080p Ultra10659
1440p Ultra7643
4K Ultra4222
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy128076227
Solar Bay5015730015
Port Royal61623542
Fire Strike3584415972
Night Raid13074374372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur245.8 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection153.3 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13872.6 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark946918
DirectX 11174 fps91 fps
DirectX 1277 fps59 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase840 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex2906.3 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 23886.3 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2414.42081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 22 GA106
Price 479 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2560
TMUs 160 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 40 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 230 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 335 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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