AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7800 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
201
136
113
85
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
198
179
128
67
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
289
202
145
79
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
164
141
126
75
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
121
102
80
42
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
170
167
118
82
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
123
104
88
53
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
133
117
79
37
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
214
200
150
76
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High17976
1080p Ultra15059
1440p Ultra11443
4K Ultra6622
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
18126
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy200986227
Solar Bay7836830015
Port Royal108553542
Fire Strike4998415972
Night Raid15806774372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
148335
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur300.7 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection200.5 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.77 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.44 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching566.4 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics20533.6 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
24202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1167918
DirectX 11249 fps91 fps
DirectX 1293 fps59 fps
GPU Compute13685 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
230.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1300.3 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase1191.7 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)955.3 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex3854.1 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 26542.4 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2284.8 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5363.22081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 6, 2023 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture RDNA 3.0 Ampere
Codename Navi 32 GA106
Price 499 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1295 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2430 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 240 80
ROPs 96 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 60 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 233 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 583 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 37.3 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 263 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 346 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 80.92 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19500 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
624.1 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 2.1 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT the clear winner in this comparison.

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