SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT (RDNA 3) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 432 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT has the Navi 32 XL graphics chip installed, which is based on the RDNA 3 architecture.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Navi 32 XL GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
RDNA 3 Architecture Ampere
54 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
3456 Shader 2560
96 Render Output Units 48
216 Texture Units 80
54 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The graphics memory of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT clocks at 2.250 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 18.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
2.250 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
18.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
432 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

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

1.900 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
2.599 GHz Boost Clock 1.777 GHz
2.28 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is powered by 2 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 252 W.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

252 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
97 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
2 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

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

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 --
-- 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

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

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting 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 SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT is connected to the system via PCIe 4 x 16 lanes and requires 3 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 needs the space of -- in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

320 mm Length --
135 mm Height --
62 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) --
-- Weight --
PCIe 4 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT has been manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers since Q3/2023.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

11335-02-20G Part-no --
Q3/2023 Release date Q1/2022
449 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
5 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)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
31 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
25 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
69 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
38 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)
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)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
30 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
68 fps (avg)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
8 GB GDDR6
18 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 7700 XT
12 GB GDDR6
120 fps (avg)
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)

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

2560x1440 (1440p)

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

1920x1080 (1080p)

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

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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