AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 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
24
12
9
n/a
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
9
11
n/a
n/a
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
27
17
12
n/a
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
19
17
10
n/a
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
20
15
13
n/a
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
15
15
10
n/a
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High1660
1080p Ultra1247
1440p Ultra932
4K Ultra-16
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1248
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy14134880
Solar Bayn/a21611
Port Royaln/a552
Fire Strike451512529
Night Raid1793753232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
10472
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur21.2 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection10.9 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection0.34 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection0.65 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur0.51 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.13 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching34.9 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics1322.9 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
1580
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark409486
DirectX 1110 fps73 fps
DirectX 128 fps46 fps
GPU Compute874 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
12.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)77 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase68.4 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)58.9 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex293.7 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 2318 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 298.4 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation340.41731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced February, 13, 2018 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture GCN 5.0 Ampere
Codename Raven GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency 300 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1100-2100 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 512 2048
TMUs 32 64
ROPs 8 40
Execution Units 8 16
Ray Tracing Cores No 16
Tensor Cores No 64
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 9-17 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 35-67 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 1.1-2.2 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface IGP PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 15 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 7 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 210 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 4.94 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 23.52 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1500 MHz
Bus n/a 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 12000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 4 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8
n/a
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 n/a 1.4a
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2

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