GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs Radeon HD 8790M

Place in performance ranking	696	198
Place by popularity	not in top-100	63
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	0.34	no data
Architecture	GCN (2011−2017)	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	Mars XTX	GN20-P1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	16 November 2012 (11 years ago)	10 May 2021 (3 years ago)
Current price	$460	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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 cores	384	2560
Core clock speed	850 MHz	1222 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	1485 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	21.60	118.8
Floating-point performance	691.2 gflops	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon HD 8790M and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	medium sized	large
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no 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 type	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

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 Connectors

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.2
CUDA	no data	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8790M 3.38

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 25.01
+640%

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8790M by 640% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

HD 8790M 2187

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 18057
+726%

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8790M by 726% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8790M 1727

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 13360
+674%

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8790M by 674% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

HD 8790M 12049

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 72925
+505%

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon HD 8790M by 505% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	30 −143%	73 +143%
1440p	5−6 −760%	43 +760%
4K	3−4 −833%	28 +833%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

6−7

−933%

62
+933%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −5900%	60 +5900%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1071%	80−85 +1071%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −883%	59 +883%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −871%	65−70 +871%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Hitman 3	8−9 −1213%	105 +1213%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −747%	144 +747%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −3475%	143 +3475%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1125%	98 +1125%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −885%	128 +885%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1375%	59 +1375%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −3400%	35 +3400%
Battlefield 5	7−8 −1071%	80−85 +1071%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −650%	45 +650%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −525%	75 +525%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −486%	41 +486%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Hitman 3	8−9 −713%	65 +713%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −624%	123 +624%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1950%	82 +1950%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1025%	90 +1025%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −569%	87 +569%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −1050%	92 +1050%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −1275%	55 +1275%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −880%	45−50 +880%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −2500%	26 +2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 −567%	40 +567%
Far Cry 5	12−14 −400%	60−65 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	12−14 −567%	80−85 +567%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −441%	92 +441%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −1725%	73 +1725%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	8−9 −525%	50 +525%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −600%	28 +600%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−913%

81
+913%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −700%	45−50 +700%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1900%	80 +1900%
Hitman 3	1−2 −4200%	43 +4200%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	6−7 −367%	28 +367%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1000%	22 +1000%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −900%	50 +900%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −900%	50−55 +900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −763%	69 +763%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −900%	30−33 +900%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1900%	20 +1900%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry 5	10−11 −430%	53 +430%
Far Cry New Dawn	0−1	47
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −867%	27−30 +867%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	0−1	19

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −1400%	15 +1400%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −3300%	30−35 +3300%
Horizon Zero Dawn	3−4 −1033%	34 +1033%
Metro Exodus	5−6 −460%	28 +460%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −900%	10 +900%