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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 3666 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 18% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Radeon HD 7970 - 73 vs 62 FPS
- Up to 12% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than Radeon HD 7970 - $2.47 vs $2.82 per FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 130 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 3% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - $175.0 vs $179.99
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
73
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.47/FPS
100%
Price, $
$179.99
97%
FPS and Value 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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Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
FPS
62
84.93150684931507%
Value, $/FPS
$2.82/FPS
87.58865248226951%
Price, $
$175
100%
Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
52.05768554344004%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
83.26300984528834%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$249 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or Radeon HD 7970
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
47 FPS
$18.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$19.94/FPS
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Core i7-13700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$15.85/FPS
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Core i7-13700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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58 FPS
$12.93/FPS
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Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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59 FPS
$13.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$21.97/FPS
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Core i7-13700
64 GB, 2 TB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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58 FPS
$18.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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44 FPS
$20.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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66 FPS
$20.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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66 FPS
$22.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
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