GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R5 (Carrizo)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Carrizo) with GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Carrizo)
2015
12 Watt
1.84

RTX 3050 6 GB outperforms R5 (Carrizo) by a whopping 1397% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking917199
Place by popularitynot in top-10021
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data75.39
Power efficiency3.6727.46
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCarrizoGA107
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2015 (9 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.

no data

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 cores2562304
Core clock speedno data1042 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz1470 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-35 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rateno data105.8
Floating-point processing powerno data6.774 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data72
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).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data6 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data168.0 GB/s
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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.6

Gaming performance

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

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1317%
85−90
+1317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1371%
250−260
+1371%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1344%
130−140
+1344%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1329%
500−550
+1329%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Battlefield 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Far Cry New Dawn 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1317%
85−90
+1317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1371%
250−260
+1371%
Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1344%
130−140
+1344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−1317%
170−180
+1317%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1329%
500−550
+1329%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%
Far Cry 5 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%
Forza Horizon 4 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Hitman 3 6−7
−1317%
85−90
+1317%
Horizon Zero Dawn 16−18
−1371%
250−260
+1371%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 9−10
−1344%
130−140
+1344%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−1317%
170−180
+1317%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−1329%
500−550
+1329%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 4−5
−1275%
55−60
+1275%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%
Far Cry New Dawn 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%
Hitman 3 7−8
−1329%
100−105
+1329%
Horizon Zero Dawn 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−11
−1300%
140−150
+1300%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 5−6
−1300%
70−75
+1300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 2−3
−1250%
27−30
+1250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 1−2
−1300%
14−16
+1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion 0−1 0−1

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 3−4
−1233%
40−45
+1233%

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.84 27.55
Recency 4 June 2015 2 February 2024
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 70 Watt

R5 (Carrizo) has 483.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has a 1397.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Carrizo) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is a desktop one.


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