AMD Radeon VII vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
General info
Comparison of graphics card architecture, market segment, release date and other general parameters.
Value for money (0-100)
2.63
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Architecture
Vega
Ampere
GPU code name
Vega 20
GA107
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
7 February 2019
4 January 2021
Launch price (MSRP)
$699
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Price now
$649
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Technical specs
General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core clock, 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.
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3840
2304
Core clock speed
1400 MHz
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Boost Clock
1750 MHz
1417 MHz
Transistor count
13,230 million
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Manufacturing process technology
7 nm
8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)
295 Watt
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Texture fill rate
420.0
102.0
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Information on Radeon VII and GeForce RTX 3050 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
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large
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Length
305 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
2x 8-pin
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Memory
Parameters of memory installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors don't have dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM.
Memory type
HBM2
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
16 GB
2 GB
Memory bus width
4096 Bit
128 Bit
Memory clock speed
1000 MHz
14 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
1024 GB/s
224.0 GB/s
Shared memory
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Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on Radeon VII and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference video cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model.
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
+
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API support
APIs supported by Radeon VII and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, sometimes including their particular versions.
DirectX
12 (12_1)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model
6.4
6.5
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
Vulkan
1.2.131
1.2
CUDA
-
8.6
Advantages of AMD Radeon VII
Wider memory bus (4096 vs 128 bit)
More pipelines (3840 vs 2304)
Higher memory bandwidth (1024 vs 224 GB/s)
Finer manufacturing process technology (7 vs 8 nm)
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Much newer (4 January 2021 vs 7 February 2019)
So, VII or RTX 3050 Mobile?
Technical City couldn't decide between AMD Radeon VII and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Radeon VII is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Radeon VII and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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