Radeon R9 390X2 vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107

Primary details

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

Place in performance rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)GCN (2011−2017)
GPU code nameGA107no data
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date16 December 2022 (1 year ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$249 no data

Detailed specifications

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2560no data
Boost clock speed1777 MHz1000 MHz
Number of transistors8,700 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nmno data
Power consumption (TDP)115 Wattno data
Texture fill rate142.2no data

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8no data
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6512
Maximum RAM amount8 GBno data
Memory bus width128 Bit5400 Bit
Memory clock speed14 GB/sno data
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/sno data

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4ano data
HDMI+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)GDDR5
Shader Model6.7no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3no data
CUDA8.6no data

Pros & cons summary


We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 and Radeon R9 390X2. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107
AMD Radeon R9 390X2
Radeon R9 390X2

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