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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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 96% better in Sons Of The Forest than Radeon RX 550 - 51 vs 26 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 550
- Up to 50% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - $89.99 vs $179.99
- Up to 2% better value when playing Sons Of The Forest than GeForce RTX 3050 - $3.46 vs $3.53 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 50 vs 130 Watts
Sons Of The Forest
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
51
100%
Value, $/FPS
$3.53/FPS
98.01699716713883%
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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Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
26
50.98039215686274%
Value, $/FPS
$3.46/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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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
33.29229686950404%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
26.624472573839665%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 550 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Apr 20th, 2017 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Polaris |
| $249 | MSRP | $79 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | None |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 2 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 112 GB/s |
1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1100 MHz |
1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1183 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or Radeon RX 550
Sons Of The Forest, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
40 FPS
$21.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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Core i7-13700
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Core i5-12400F
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Core i3-12100F
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49 FPS
$29.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
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$23.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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49 FPS
$28.16/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
32 GB, 512 GB SSD
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GeForce RTX 3050
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