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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 1720 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 50% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - $89.99 vs $179.99
- Up to 19% better value when playing No Man's Sky than GeForce RTX 3050 - $1.34 vs $1.65 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 50 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 63% better in No Man's Sky than Radeon RX 550 - 109 vs 67 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
No Man's Sky
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
67
61%
Value, $/FPS
$1.34/FPS
100%
Price, $
$89.99
100%
Value Winner
PowerColor Red Dragon AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 Low Profile Graphics Card
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GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
109
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.65/FPS
81%
Price, $
$179.99
49%
FPS Winner
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 Eagle OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050EAGLE OC-6GD Video Card
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
33%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
26%
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
AMD Radeon RX 550 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Polaris | Generation | GeForce 30 |
| $79 | MSRP | $249 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1552 MHz |
| 1183 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using Radeon RX 550 or GeForce RTX 3050
No Man's Sky, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
75 FPS
$11.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$13.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$10.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$8.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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Core i3-12100F
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$14.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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$12.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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71 FPS
$12.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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100 FPS
$13.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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100 FPS
$14.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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