GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 vs Radeon R9 Fury

VS

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking219not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation8.15no data
Power efficiency6.19no data
ArchitectureGCN 3.0 (2014−2019)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameFijiGA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 July 2015 (9 years ago)16 December 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$549 $249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores35842560
Compute units56no data
Core clock speedno data1552 MHz
Boost clock speed1000 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors8,900 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)275 Watt115 Watt
Texture fill rate224.0142.2
Floating-point processing power7.168 TFLOPS9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs22480
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Bus supportPCIe 3.0no data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors​2x 8-pin1x 6-pin
Bridgeless CrossFire+-

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 typeHigh Bandwidth Memory (HBM)GDDR6
High bandwidth memory (HBM)+no data
Maximum RAM amount4 GB8 GB
Memory bus width4096 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed500 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth512 GB/s224.0 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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Eyefinity+-
Number of Eyefinity displays6no data
HDMI++
DisplayPort support+-

Supported technologies

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

AppAcceleration+-
CrossFire+-
FRTC+-
FreeSync+-
HD3D+-
LiquidVR+-
PowerTune+-
TressFX+-
TrueAudio+-
UVD+-
VCE+-
DDMA audio+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectXDirectX® 1212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.36.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
Mantle+-
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 10 July 2015 16 December 2022
Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 275 Watt 115 Watt

RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 250% more advanced lithography process, and 139.1% lower power consumption.

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


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

Vote for your favorite

Do you think we are right or mistaken in our choice? Vote by clicking "Like" button near your favorite graphics card.


AMD Radeon R9 Fury
Radeon R9 Fury
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107

Comparisons with similar GPUs

We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.

Community ratings

Here you can see the user ratings of the compared graphics cards, as well as rate them yourself.


3.7 174 votes

Rate Radeon R9 Fury on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
3.5 271 vote

Rate GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 on a scale of 1 to 5:

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5

Questions & comments

Here you can ask a question about this comparison, agree or disagree with our judgements, or report an error or mismatch.