GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated197
Place by popularitynot in top-10031
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data75.41
Power efficiencyno data28.47
ArchitectureTeraScale (2005−2013)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameR600GA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release dateno data (2024 years ago)2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$179

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores3202304
Core clock speed743 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1470 MHz
Number of transistors720 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology80 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)240 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate11.89105.8
Floating-point processing powerno data6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs1672
Tensor Coresno data72
Ray Tracing Coresno data18

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).

InterfacePCIe 1.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Length315 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 6-pinNone

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 typeGDDR3GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount512 MB6 GB
Memory bus width512 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1656 MBps1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth106.0 GB/s168.0 GB/s

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 Connectors2x DVI, 1x S-Video1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX10.0 (10_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model4.06.7
OpenGL3.3 (full) 4.0 (partial)4.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 6 GB
Chip lithography 80 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 240 Watt 70 Watt

RTX 3050 6 GB has a 1100% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 900% more advanced lithography process, and 242.9% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon HD 2900 XTX and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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