GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon PRO WX 2100

Place in the ranking	641	208
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.62	no data
Power efficiency	9.98	31.29
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Lexa	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Mobile workstation	Laptop
Release date	4 June 2017 (7 years ago)	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$149	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores	512	2560
Core clock speed	925 MHz	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	1219 MHz	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	39.01	no data
Floating-point processing power	1.248 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	16	no data
TMUs	32	no 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).

Laptop size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	no data
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	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	48 GB/s	no data
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

1x DisplayPort, 2x mini-DisplayPort

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Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12_2
Shader Model	6.4	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	2.0	no data
Vulkan	1.2.131	-

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	12−14 −475%	69 +475%
1440p	6−7 −483%	35 +483%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

8−9

−913%

81
+913%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −760%	40−45 +760%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −583%	80−85 +583%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −410%	50−55 +410%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −700%	64 +700%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −387%	140−150 +387%
Hitman 3	10−11 −410%	50−55 +410%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −271%	110−120 +271%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −682%	85−90 +682%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −400%	85−90 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −129%	100−110 +129%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −760%	40−45 +760%
Battlefield 5	12−14 −583%	80−85 +583%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −410%	50−55 +410%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −475%	46 +475%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −387%	140−150 +387%
Hitman 3	10−11 −410%	50−55 +410%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −271%	110−120 +271%
Metro Exodus	10−12 −682%	85−90 +682%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −400%	65−70 +400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −406%	86 +406%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −218%	50−55 +218%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −129%	100−110 +129%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −323%	55−60 +323%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	5−6 −760%	40−45 +760%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	10−11 −410%	50−55 +410%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −388%	39 +388%
Far Cry 5	10−11 −480%	55−60 +480%
Forza Horizon 4	30−33 −387%	140−150 +387%
Hitman 3	10−11 −410%	50−55 +410%
Horizon Zero Dawn	30−35 −271%	110−120 +271%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −347%	76 +347%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −194%	50 +194%
Watch Dogs: Legion	45−50 −129%	100−110 +129%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−400%

65−70
+400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −433%	45−50 +433%
Far Cry New Dawn	7−8 −443%	35−40 +443%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −550%	24−27 +550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −600%	27−30 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −700%	16−18 +700%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −480%	27−30 +480%
Forza Horizon 4	9−10 −1500%	140−150 +1500%
Hitman 3	9−10 −233%	30−33 +233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−12 −373%	50−55 +373%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −2300%	45−50 +2300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	4−5 −825%	37 +825%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−33 −370%	140−150 +370%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

9−10

−367%

40−45
+367%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −733%	24−27 +733%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −567%	20−22 +567%
Hitman 3	1−2 −1900%	20−22 +1900%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −2480%	120−130 +2480%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −2600%	27−30 +2600%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −400%	14−16 +400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	6−7
Far Cry 5	2−3 −600%	14−16 +600%
Forza Horizon 4	4−5 −750%	30−35 +750%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1000%	10−12 +1000%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−340%

21−24
+340%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	57 +0%	57 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

30−35

+0%

30−35

+0%

This is how PRO WX 2100 and RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 475% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 483% faster in 1440p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Metro Exodus, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 2700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is ahead in 68 tests (96%)
there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.76	25.58
Recency	4 June 2017	6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	60 Watt

PRO WX 2100 has 71.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 437.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon PRO WX 2100 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon PRO WX 2100 is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a mobile workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.