GeForce RTX 3050 OEM vs Radeon Pro 580X

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon Pro 580X with GeForce RTX 3050 OEM, including specs and performance data.

Pro 580X
2019
8 GB GDDR5, 150 Watt
19.54

RTX 3050 OEM outperforms Pro 580X by an impressive 59% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking282174
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency9.0616.59
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code namePolaris 20GA106
Market segmentMobile workstationDesktop
Release date18 March 2019 (5 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years 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 cores23042560
Core clock speed1100 MHz1515 MHz
Boost clock speed1200 MHz1755 MHz
Number of transistors5,700 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate172.8140.4
Floating-point processing power5.53 TFLOPS8.986 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs14480
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB8 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1695 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth217.0 GB/s224.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

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.

Pro 580X 19.54
RTX 3050 OEM 31.02
+58.8%

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.

Pro 580X 7540
RTX 3050 OEM 11970
+58.8%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 19.54 31.02
Recency 18 March 2019 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 3050 OEM has a 58.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon Pro 580X in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon Pro 580X is a mobile workstation card while GeForce RTX 3050 OEM is a desktop one.


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