Radeon Instinct MI455X vs GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking	277	not rated
Place by popularity	30	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	43.61	no data
Power efficiency	19.61	no data
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2025)	CDNA 5.0 (2026)
GPU code name	GA107	MI450 256CU
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	27 January 2022 (4 years ago)	23 July 2026 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$199	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices.

Performance to price scatter graph

Currently popular graphics cards are shown for comparison.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Real power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially if overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2048	32768
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1000 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	2400 MHz
Number of transistors	8,700 million	320,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	2 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	2300 Watt
Texture fill rate	111.4	2,457.6
Floating-point processing power	7.127 TFLOPS	157.3 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	no data
TMUs	64	1024
Tensor Cores	64	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	16	no data
L1 Cache	2 MB	8 MB
L2 Cache	2 MB	192 MB

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 6.0 x16
Length	242 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	EAM Module
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	HBM4
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	432 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	24576 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1900 MHz
Memory bandwidth	192.0 GB/s	23.3 TB/s
Resizable BAR	+	+

Connectivity and outputs

This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
HDMI	+	-

API and SDK support

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	N/A
Shader Model	6.7	N/A
OpenGL	4.6	N/A
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	N/A
CUDA	8.6	-
DLSS	+	-

Pros & cons summary

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Recency	27 January 2022	23 July 2026
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB	432 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	2 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	90 Watt	2300 Watt