AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is based on the AMD RX Vega 56 and has 3584 texture shaders and 56 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
AMD RX Vega 56 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Vega 10 XL GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
GCN 5 Architecture Ampere
56 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
3584 Shader 2560
64 Render Output Units 48
256 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type HBM2 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 410 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
HBM2 Memory Type GDDR6
0.800 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
1.6 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
410 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
2048 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 clocks in the base with up to 1.156 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 1.552 GHz.

1.156 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.471 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 210 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 2 x 8-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

210 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 has a total of 1 Radial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 0 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
1 x 70 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
37 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
49 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the AMD Radeon RX Vega 56.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
-- HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4 DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 is 280 mm long, 127 mm high and 40 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

280 mm Length --
127 mm Height --
40 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
1090 g Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 was released in Q3/2017 at a price of 399 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q3/2017 Release date Q1/2022
399 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
14 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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
41 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
44 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
43 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
80 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
72 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
112 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
99 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

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
60539
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
66254

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
63794
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
64724

Geekbench 6 - Metal

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
8 GB HBM2
71932

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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