AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT (RDNA 4) and has 16 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB (Ampere) and has 6 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 168 GB/s.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has the Navi 48 XTX graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 4 architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC is based on the graphics chip GA107-325-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
Navi 48 XTX GPU Chip GA107-325-A1
RDNA 4 Architecture Ampere
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 18
4096 Shader 2304
128 Render Output Units 32
256 Texture Units 72
64 Raytracing Cores 18

Memory

The graphics memory of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT clocks at 2.518 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 20.1 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 6 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 168 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 96 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.660 GHz Base Clock 1.042 GHz
2.970 GHz Boost Clock 1.492 GHz
2.40 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 304 W (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC has PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 70 W.

304 W (Reference) TDP 70 W
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v2.1a DP Ports 1x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Non addressable LED LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 8 Lanes interface.

-- Length 174 mm
-- Height 69 mm
-- Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 4 nanometers since Q2/2025.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC came on the market in Q1/2024 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

-- Part-no --
Q2/2025 Release date Q1/2024
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 179 $ (Reference)
4 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC
6 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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