GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon RX 550 640SP

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated214
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.71
ArchitectureGCN 4.0 (2016−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameBaffinGN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date13 October 2017 (7 years ago)6 January 2023 (1 year 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 cores6402560
Core clock speed1019 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1071 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors3,000 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate42.84no data
Floating-point processing power1.371 TFLOPSno data
ROPs16no data
TMUs40no data

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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x8no data
Length145 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsNoneno data

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 speed1500 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth96 GB/sno data
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 Connectors1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_0)12_2
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.2.131-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 13 October 2017 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile has an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX 550 640SP and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 640SP is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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AMD Radeon RX 550 640SP
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
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