AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 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
253
180
159
120
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
270
255
184
93
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
324
232
169
87
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
209
187
168
106
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
171
143
110
63
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
256
254
188
132
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
170
142
124
79
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
206
180
126
59
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
293
275
207
113
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High23976
1080p Ultra20559
1440p Ultra15943
4K Ultra9522
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
29862
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy306106227
Solar Bay12191530015
Port Royal166073542
Fire Strike7301415972
Night Raid18233374372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
224686
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur423.9 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection270.8 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.23 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection13.7 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.1 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.74 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching871 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29891.2 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
31104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1252918
DirectX 11357 fps91 fps
DirectX 12128 fps59 fps
GPU Compute18188 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
405.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1822 fps393.8 fps
Car Chase1721.5 fps361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1382 fps294.2 fps
T-Rex5784.5 fps1381.8 fps
ALU 210100.5 fps1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2326.5 fps286.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation8087.12081.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced November, 3, 2022 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 31 GA106
Price 999 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 1929 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2498 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2560
TMUs 384 80
ROPs 192 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 96 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache 256 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 6000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 480 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 959 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 61.4 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 355 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 529 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 57 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 107.75 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
960 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 7900 XTX the clear winner in this comparison.

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