NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh vs AMD Radeon RX 580X Mobile
- Interface MXM-B (3.0)
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 8 GB
- Memory type GDDR5
- Memory clock speed 8000
- Maximum resolution
- Interface PCIe 4.0 x8
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory 6 GB
- Memory type GDDR6
- Memory clock speed 12 Gbps
- Maximum resolution
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters.
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
| Architecture | Polaris (2016−2019) | Ampere (2020−2022) |
| GPU code name | Polaris | GA107 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 10 January 2019 (4 years old) | 6 July 2022 (less than a year old) |
| Current price | $410 | no data |
Technical specs
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 | 2304 | 2048 |
| Boost clock speed | 1340 MHz | 1492 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 5,700 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 65-110 Watt | 75 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 155.1 | 95.49 |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon RX 580X Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 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 | large | no data |
| Interface | MXM-B (3.0) | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated VRAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 96 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 8000 MHz | 12 GB/s |
| Memory bandwidth | 256.0 GB/s | 144.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | no data |
Video outputs and ports
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 | No outputs |
API support
APIs supported, including particular versions of those APIs.
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.6 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.131 | 1.3 |
| CUDA | no data | 8.6 |
Advantages and disadvantages
| Recency | 10 January 2019 | 6 July 2022 |
| Memory bus width | 256 | 96 |
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2304 | 2048 |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 | 144 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 8 nm |
| Thermal design power (TDP) | 65 Watt | 75 Watt |
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Competitors of Radeon RX 580X Mobile by NVIDIA
We believe that the nearest equivalent to Radeon RX 580X Mobile from NVIDIA is GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile.
Competitors of GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh by AMD
We believe that the nearest equivalent to GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh from AMD is Radeon RX 5600M.
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