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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

AMD Radeon R9 290X

AMD Radeon R9 290X

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

353%
353%

AMD Radeon R9 290X

76%
76%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is approximately 277% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GA106
Hawaii
CoresDifferent
2560
2816
TMUsDifferent
80
176
ROPsDifferent
32
64
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
512 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
GPU NameDifferent
GA106
Hawaii
GPU VariantDifferent
GA106-150-KA-A1
Hawaii XT(215-0852000)
ArchitectureDifferent
Ampere
GCN 2.0
FoundryDifferent
Samsung
TSMC
Process SizeDifferent
8 nm
28 nm
TransistorsDifferent
12,000 million
6,200 million
DensityDifferent
43.5M / mm²
14.2M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
276 mm²
438 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
BGA-2713
N/A

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Release DateDifferent
Jan 4th, 2022
Oct 24th, 2013
AvailabilityDifferent
Jan 27th, 2022
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 30
Volcanic Islands(R9 200)
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 20
Sea Islands
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 40
Pirate Islands
ProductionDifferent
Active
End-of-life
Launch PriceDifferent
249 USD
549 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 3.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
49 in our database
147 in our database

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Base ClockDifferent
1552 MHz
N/A
Boost ClockDifferent
1777 MHz
N/A
Memory ClockDifferent
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective
1250 MHz5 Gbps effective
GPU ClockDifferent
N/A
1000 MHz

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Memory SizeDifferent
8 GB
4 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
512 bit
BandwidthDifferent
224.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Shading UnitsDifferent
2560
2816
TMUsDifferent
80
176
ROPsDifferent
32
64
SM CountDifferent
20
N/A
Tensor CoresDifferent
80
N/A
RT CoresDifferent
20
N/A
L1 CacheDifferent
128 KB (per SM)
16 KB (per CU)
L2 CacheDifferent
2 MB
1024 KB
Compute UnitsDifferent
N/A
44

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Pixel RateDifferent
56.86 GPixel/s
64.00 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
142.2 GTexel/s
176.0 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
N/A
FP32 (float)Different
9.098 TFLOPS
5.632 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
704.0 GFLOPS (1:8)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
242 mm9.5 inches
275 mm10.8 inches
HeightDifferent
112 mm4.4 inches
109 mm4.3 inches
TDPDifferent
130 W
290 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
600 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x DVI1x HDMI 1.4a1x DisplayPort 1.2
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG190 SKU 70
109-C67157-00_02, 109-C67157-00C_03
WidthDifferent
N/A
36 mm1.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBAMD Radeon R9 290X
DirectXDifferent
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 (12_0)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCLDifferent
3.0
2.1
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.2.170
CUDADifferent
8.6
N/A
Shader ModelDifferent
6.8
6.5

Comparison Summary

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