GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon R7 350

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 350 and GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

R7 350
2016
2 GB GDDR5, 55 Watt
5.59

RTX 3050 8 GB outperforms R7 350 by a whopping 486% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking603165
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data69.36
Power efficiency6.9717.26
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGA106
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date6 July 2016 (8 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

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 cores5122560
Core clock speed800 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speedno data1777 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)55 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate25.60142.2
Floating-point processing power0.8192 TFLOPS9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3280
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
Length168 mm242 mm
Width1-slot2-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 amount2 GB8 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1125 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth72 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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI++

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
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.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.59 32.73
Recency 6 July 2016 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 55 Watt 130 Watt

R7 350 has 136.4% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 485.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 350 in performance tests.


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