Radeon 780M vs GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and Radeon 780M, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3050 Mobile
2021
4 GB GDDR6, 75 Watt
23.67
+29.2%

RTX 3050 Mobile outperforms 780M by a significant 29% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking236302
Place by popularity4549
Power efficiency21.6483.73
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)RDNA 3.0 (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGA107Phoenix
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date11 May 2021 (3 years ago)4 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2048768
Core clock speed712 MHz800 MHz
Boost clock speed1057 MHz2700 MHz
Number of transistorsno data25,390 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt15 Watt
Texture fill rate67.65129.6
Floating-point processing power4.329 TFLOPS8.294 TFLOPS
ROPs4032
TMUs6448
Tensor Cores64no data
Ray Tracing Cores1612

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6System Shared
Maximum RAM amount4 GBSystem Shared
Memory bus width128 BitSystem Shared
Memory clock speed1500 MHzSystem Shared
Memory bandwidth192.0 GB/sno data
Shared memory-+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.1
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.6-

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3050 Mobile 23.67
+29.2%
Radeon 780M 18.32

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 3050 Mobile 9122
+29.2%
Radeon 780M 7060

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3050 Mobile 21358
+67.1%
Radeon 780M 12785

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 3050 Mobile 77234
+85.6%
Radeon 780M 41622

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3050 Mobile 15685
+96.4%
Radeon 780M 7987

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3050 Mobile 90224
+87.5%
Radeon 780M 48112

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3050 Mobile 580370
+35%
Radeon 780M 429810

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 3050 Mobile 148
+121%
Radeon 780M 67

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 3050 Mobile 59
Radeon 780M 108
+82.1%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 3050 Mobile 8
Radeon 780M 73
+855%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 3050 Mobile 55
Radeon 780M 78
+40.8%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 3050 Mobile 45
Radeon 780M 50
+10.7%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 3050 Mobile 36
Radeon 780M 63
+77.6%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 3050 Mobile 77
+165%
Radeon 780M 29

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 3050 Mobile 7
Radeon 780M 31
+324%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 3050 Mobile 158
+94%
Radeon 780M 81

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD93
+158%
36
−158%
1440p50
+150%
20
−150%
4K33
+154%
13
−154%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 106
+172%
39
−172%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+26.8%
40−45
−26.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 75
+150%
30−33
−150%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+30%
60−65
−30%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+29.7%
35−40
−29.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 83
+168%
31
−168%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+27.9%
40−45
−27.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+26.5%
45−50
−26.5%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+21.7%
110−120
−21.7%
Hitman 3 45−50
+34.3%
35−40
−34.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+22.2%
90−95
−22.2%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+28.6%
60−65
−28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+26.5%
45−50
−26.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
+33.3%
60−65
−33.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−105
+14.9%
85−90
−14.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+26.8%
40−45
−26.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 62
+107%
30−33
−107%
Battlefield 5 75−80
+30%
60−65
−30%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+29.7%
35−40
−29.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 61
+154%
24
−154%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+27.9%
40−45
−27.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 60−65
+26.5%
45−50
−26.5%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+21.7%
110−120
−21.7%
Hitman 3 45−50
+34.3%
35−40
−34.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+22.2%
90−95
−22.2%
Metro Exodus 80−85
+28.6%
60−65
−28.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+26.5%
45−50
−26.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
+128%
54
−128%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
+21.4%
40−45
−21.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−105
+14.9%
85−90
−14.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50−55
+26.8%
40−45
−26.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 53
+76.7%
30−33
−76.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 45−50
+29.7%
35−40
−29.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 61
+165%
23
−165%
Far Cry 5 55−60
+27.9%
40−45
−27.9%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
+21.7%
110−120
−21.7%
Hitman 3 45−50
+34.3%
35−40
−34.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 107
+102%
53
−102%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 106
+130%
46
−130%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65
+124%
29
−124%
Watch Dogs: Legion 71
+294%
18
−294%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 60−65
+26.5%
45−50
−26.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
+28.6%
35−40
−28.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
+28.6%
27−30
−28.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
+26.3%
18−20
−26.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40
+150%
16−18
−150%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
+35%
20−22
−35%
Cyberpunk 2077 30
+200%
10−11
−200%
Far Cry 5 27−30
+28.6%
21−24
−28.6%
Forza Horizon 4 130−140
+34%
100−105
−34%
Hitman 3 27−30
+27.3%
21−24
−27.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 78
+111%
35−40
−111%
Metro Exodus 69
+103%
30−35
−103%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 78
+144%
32
−144%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+45%
20
−45%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
+22.7%
110−120
−22.7%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 35−40
+30%
30−33
−30%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 21−24
+27.8%
18−20
−27.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
+28.6%
14−16
−28.6%
Hitman 3 34
+143%
14−16
−143%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
+29.8%
90−95
−29.8%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+36.8%
18−20
−36.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 44
+193%
15
−193%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
+27.3%
10−12
−27.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24
+167%
9−10
−167%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Cyberpunk 2077 12
+300%
3−4
−300%
Far Cry 5 12−14
+30%
10−11
−30%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
+28%
24−27
−28%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 45
+165%
17
−165%
Watch Dogs: Legion 19
+138%
8−9
−138%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
+31.3%
16−18
−31.3%

This is how RTX 3050 Mobile and Radeon 780M compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 158% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 150% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 Mobile is 154% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 300% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3050 Mobile surpassed Radeon 780M in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.67 18.32
Recency 11 May 2021 4 January 2023
Chip lithography 8 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 15 Watt

RTX 3050 Mobile has a 29.2% higher aggregate performance score.

Radeon 780M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 400% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon 780M in performance tests.


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