GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs Radeon RX 5500
Aggregated performance score
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile outperforms Radeon RX 5500 by 10% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in performance ranking | 227 | 198 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | 71 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 10.05 | no data |
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 (2019−2020) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Navi 14 | GN20-P1 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Laptop |
| Release date | 7 October 2019 (4 years ago) | 10 May 2021 (2 years ago) |
| Current price | $444 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.
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 | 1408 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | no data | 1222 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1845 MHz | 1485 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 6,400 million | 13,250 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP) |
| Texture fill rate | 162.4 | 118.8 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on Radeon RX 5500 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). 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 | no data | large |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 180 mm | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 8-pin | no data |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 14000 MHz | 12000 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | 192.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no 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 Connectors | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | No outputs |
| HDMI | + | no data |
API compatibility
List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | no data | 1.2 |
| CUDA | no data | 8.6 |
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 | 65−70
−15.4%
| 75
+15.4%
|
| 1440p | 35−40
−20%
| 42
+20%
|
| 4K | 21−24
−23.8%
| 26
+23.8%
|
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 22.69 | 25.00 |
| Recency | 7 October 2019 | 10 May 2021 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 110 Watt | 60 Watt |
The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 5500 in performance tests.
Be aware that Radeon RX 5500 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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