GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon RX 6500

Place in performance ranking	266	197
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	no data	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	no data	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	no data	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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	no data	2560
Core clock speed	no data	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1492 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	no data	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	no data	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)

Form factor & compatibility

Information on Radeon RX 6500 and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 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

no data

large

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	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	6 GB
Memory bus width	no data	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	12000 MHz
Shared memory	no data	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX

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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	50−55 −38%	69 +38%
1440p	27−30 −33.3%	36 +33.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

30−35

−161%

81
+161%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −25.6%	45−50 +25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −30.3%	40−45 +30.3%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −30.2%	80−85 +30.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −31%	55−60 +31%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −106%	64 +106%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −22.4%	60−65 +22.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −28.3%	65−70 +28.3%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −27%	80−85 +27%
Hitman 3	45−50 −32.6%	60−65 +32.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −34.9%	85−90 +34.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −26.4%	65−70 +26.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 −90.9%	105 +90.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −30.6%	45−50 +30.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −25.6%	45−50 +25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −30.3%	40−45 +30.3%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −30.2%	80−85 +30.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −31%	55−60 +31%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −48.4%	46 +48.4%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −98%	97 +98%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −28.3%	65−70 +28.3%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −27%	80−85 +27%
Hitman 3	45−50 −32.6%	60−65 +32.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	60−65 −34.9%	85−90 +34.9%
Metro Exodus	55−60 −25.9%	70−75 +25.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	50−55 −26.4%	65−70 +26.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	55−60 +27.9%	43 −27.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −122%	91 +122%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −30.6%	45−50 +30.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 −25.6%	45−50 +25.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	30−35 −30.3%	40−45 +30.3%
Battlefield 5	60−65 −27%	80−85 +27%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −25.8%	39 +25.8%
Far Cry 5	45−50 −22.4%	60−65 +22.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	50−55 −22.6%	65−70 +22.6%
Forza Horizon 4	60−65 −27%	80−85 +27%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45 −22%	50 +22%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35−40 −30.6%	45−50 +30.6%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	24−27 −20%	30−33 +20%
Hitman 3	27−30 −28.6%	35−40 +28.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	35−40 −15.4%	45−50 +15.4%
Metro Exodus	35−40 −25%	45−50 +25%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 −35.7%	18−20 +35.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	35−40 −15.4%	45−50 +15.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	20−22 −35%	27−30 +35%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	16−18 −47.1%	24−27 +47.1%
Battlefield 5	35−40 −21.6%	45−50 +21.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −45.5%	16−18 +45.5%
Far Cry 5	30−35 −62.5%	52 +62.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 −18.4%	45−50 +18.4%
Forza Horizon 4	35−40 −35.1%	50−55 +35.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	12−14 −46.2%	18−20 +46.2%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Hitman 3	14−16 −33.3%	20−22 +33.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −38.1%	27−30 +38.1%
Metro Exodus	18−20 −16.7%	21−24 +16.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18 −23.5%	21−24 +23.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	12−14 −38.5%	18−20 +38.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	20−22 −35%	27−30 +35%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −33.3%	16−18 +33.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	10−11 −40%	14−16 +40%
Battlefield 5	21−24 −36.4%	30−33 +36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −50%	6−7 +50%
Far Cry 5	35−40 −15.4%	45−50 +15.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	21−24 −14.3%	24−27 +14.3%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −30.8%	30−35 +30.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	8−9 −37.5%	10−12 +37.5%

This is how RX 6500 and RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 38% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 33% faster in 1440p

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

in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RX 6500 is 28% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 161% faster.

All in all, in popular games: