GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R9 255 OEM

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated201
Place by popularitynot in top-10024
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data76.17
Power efficiencyno data27.17
ArchitectureGCN 1.0 (2011−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameCape VerdeGA107
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date21 December 2013 (11 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 cores5122304
Core clock speed900 MHz1042 MHz
Boost clock speed930 MHz1470 MHz
Number of transistors1,500 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt70 Watt
Texture fill rate29.76105.8
Floating-point processing power0.9523 TFLOPS6.774 TFLOPS
ROPs1632
TMUs3272
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 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 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 typeGDDR5GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 GB6 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed1150 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth73.6 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 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 (11_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA-8.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 21 December 2013 2 February 2024
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 28 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 70 Watt

R9 255 OEM has 7.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 10 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 250% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon R9 255 OEM and GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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