GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon R7 (Carrizo)

Place in the ranking	895	170
Place by popularity	not in top-100	12
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	66.90
Power efficiency	3.96	17.35
Architecture	GCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Carrizo	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	4 June 2015 (9 years ago)	4 January 2022 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

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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 cores	512	2560
Core clock speed	no data	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	800 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	2410 Million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12-35 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	142.2
Floating-point processing power	no data	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	80
Tensor Cores	no data	80
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	20

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 size	medium sized	no data
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	no data	242 mm
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 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 type	no data	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	no data	8 GB
Memory bus width	64/128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	no data	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	224.0 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 Connectors	no data	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (FL 12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
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.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD

−1500%

160−170
+1500%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

no data

1.56

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1445%	170−180 +1445%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Dota 2	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −1471%	220−230 +1471%
Fortnite	10−11 −1500%	160−170 +1500%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1445%	170−180 +1445%
Grand Theft Auto V	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Metro Exodus	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −1400%	300−310 +1400%
Red Dead Redemption 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
World of Tanks	24 −1358%	350−400 +1358%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%
Cyberpunk 2077	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Dota 2	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Far Cry 5	14−16 −1471%	220−230 +1471%
Forza Horizon 4	10−12 −1445%	170−180 +1445%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	20−22 −1400%	300−310 +1400%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V	0−1	0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	12−14 −1515%	210−220 +1515%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
World of Tanks	12−14 −1515%	210−220 +1515%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	0−1
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1400%	45−50 +1400%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1483%	95−100 +1483%
Forza Horizon 5	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1500%	80−85 +1500%
Valorant	8−9 −1525%	130−140 +1525%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Dota 2	16−18 −1525%	260−270 +1525%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −1500%	240−250 +1500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −1483%	95−100 +1483%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −1500%	240−250 +1500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Counter-Strike 2	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%
Dota 2	16−18 −1525%	260−270 +1525%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Fortnite	0−1	0−1
Forza Horizon 5	0−1	0−1
Valorant	2−3 −1400%	30−33 +1400%

This is how R7 (Carrizo) and RTX 3050 8 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 8 GB is 1500% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.88	30.60
Recency	4 June 2015	4 January 2022
Chip lithography	28 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	12 Watt	130 Watt

R7 (Carrizo) has 983.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 1527.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

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

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Carrizo) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.