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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 6500 XT is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 15 days older than the cheaper Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 13% better in God of War than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 60 vs 53 FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Up to 22% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - $139.99 vs $179.99
- Up to 12% better value when playing God of War than GeForce RTX 3050 - $2.38 vs $2.7 per FPS
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 107 vs 130 Watts
God of War
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
60
100%
Value, $/FPS
$2.7/FPS
88.14814814814814%
Price, $
$179.99
77%
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 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
FPS
53
88.33333333333333%
Value, $/FPS
$2.38/FPS
100%
Price, $
$139.99
100%
Value Winner
Sapphire 11314-01-20G Pulse AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC Graphics Card with 4GB GDDR6, AMD RDNA 2
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
63.12166962699822%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
78.91231964483907%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Navi II |
| $249 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
God of War, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
38 FPS
$22.89/FPS
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Ryzen 5 3600
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$16.67/FPS
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$26.85/FPS
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Core i7-13700
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$22.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
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$25.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
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GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
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