GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is based on the AMD Radeon RX 470 (Ellesmere) and has 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 211 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G has the Polaris 10 PRO graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ellesmere architecture.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1
AMD Radeon RX 470 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Polaris 10 PRO GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Ellesmere Architecture Ampere
32 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2048 Shader 2560
32 Render Output Units 48
128 Texture Units 80
0 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The graphics memory of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G clocks at 1.650 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 6.6 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5 Memory Type GDDR6
1.650 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
6.6 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
211 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

0.926 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.230 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 120 W.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 115 W.

120 W TDP 115 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 has 1 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 80 mm Fan 1 1 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G 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 AERO ITX 8G V1 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_0 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
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
No AV1 Decode
No VP8 Decode
No VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

232 mm Length 168 mm
116 mm Height 111 mm
40 mm Width 42 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 437 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 470 G1 Gaming 4G has been manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers since Q3/2016.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 AERO ITX 8G V1 came on the market in Q4/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-RX470G1 GAMING-4GD Part-no --
Q3/2016 Release date Q4/2022
179 $ (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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

Geekbench 6 - Metal

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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