The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has the GA106-150-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is based on the graphics chip Polaris 10 XT, which comes from the Ellesmere architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
224 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 14.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is 7.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Base Clock
1.552 GHz
1.120 GHz
Boost Clock
1.777 GHz
1.266 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
TDP
130 W
150 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
100 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 8-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 130 W.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 150 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
--
2 x 80 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
--
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is equipped with a total of 0 Axial main fans.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0b
DisplayPort
2x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
DVI
--
1
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_0
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
No
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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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.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G
Length
--
232 mm
Height
--
116 mm
Width
--
40 mm
Width (Slots)
--
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires -- space in the housing.
The GIGABYTE Radeon RX 480 WINDFORCE 4G needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 3.0 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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