GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB vs Radeon RX 5700 XT

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking86not rated
Place by popularity72not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation47.60no data
Power efficiency13.21no data
ArchitectureRDNA 1.0 (2019−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameNavi 10GA107
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date7 July 2019 (5 years ago)6 July 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$399 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 cores25602048
Core clock speed1605 MHz757 MHz
Boost clock speed1905 MHz1125 MHz
Number of transistors10,300 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)225 Watt35 Watt
Texture fill rate304.872.00
Floating-point processing power9.754 TFLOPS4.608 TFLOPS
ROPs6432
TMUs16064
Tensor Coresno data64
Ray Tracing Coresno data16

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 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length272 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinNone

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 GB4 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1375 MHz
Memory bandwidth448.0 GB/s176.0 GB/s

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 DisplayPortPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready+no data
Multi Monitor+no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 7 July 2019 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 4 GB
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 225 Watt 35 Watt

RX 5700 XT has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 14.3% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 542.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 5700 XT and GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 5700 XT is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q Refresh 4 GB is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
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