Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking190not rated
Place by popularity13not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation65.49no data
Power efficiency17.03no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 4.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGA106Navi 48
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date4 January 2022 (3 years ago)8 May 2025
Launch price (MSRP)$249 $549

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

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

Pipelines / CUDA cores25603072
Core clock speed1552 MHz1330 MHz
Boost clock speed1777 MHz2790 MHz
Number of transistors12,000 million53,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)130 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate142.2535.7
Floating-point processing power9.098 TFLOPS34.28 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs80192
Tensor Cores8096
Ray Tracing Cores2048

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 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Length242 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 8-pin2x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2518 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s644.6 GB/s
Resizable BAR++

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 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
HDMI++

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.2
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.6-
DLSS++

Pros & cons summary


Recency 4 January 2022 8 May 2025
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 130 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB has 69.2% lower power consumption.

RX 9070 GRE, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 3 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 100% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Radeon RX 9070 GRE. We've got no test results to judge.

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