GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon RX 550 Mobile

Place in the ranking	555	165
Place by popularity	not in top-100	11
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	4.47	69.37
Power efficiency	9.57	17.26
Architecture	GCN 4.0 (2016−2020)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	Lexa	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 July 2017 (7 years ago)	4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$79.99	$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3050 8 GB has 1452% better value for money than RX 550 Mobile.

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	640	2560
Core clock speed	1100 MHz	1552 MHz
Boost clock speed	1287 MHz	1777 MHz
Number of transistors	2,200 million	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	51.48	142.2
Floating-point processing power	1.647 TFLOPS	9.098 TFLOPS
ROPs	16	32
TMUs	40	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	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x8	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	GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	96 GB/s	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 outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

FreeSync

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 (12_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.4	6.6
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	2.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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

−369%

75−80
+369%

Cost per frame, $

1080p

5.00

3.32

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

−350%

45−50
+350%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −344%	80−85 +344%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 −338%	35−40 +338%
Battlefield 5	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −364%	65−70 +364%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −369%	75−80 +369%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −347%	85−90 +347%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −357%	210−220 +357%
Hitman 3	12 −358%	55−60 +358%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −363%	190−200 +363%
Metro Exodus	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −347%	85−90 +347%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	21−24 −335%	100−105 +335%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −353%	240−250 +353%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −344%	80−85 +344%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	8 −338%	35−40 +338%
Battlefield 5	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −364%	65−70 +364%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −369%	75−80 +369%
Far Cry New Dawn	18−20 −347%	85−90 +347%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −357%	210−220 +357%
Hitman 3	12 −358%	55−60 +358%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −363%	190−200 +363%
Metro Exodus	20−22 −350%	90−95 +350%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 −347%	85−90 +347%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	24 −358%	110−120 +358%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	21−24 −352%	95−100 +352%
Watch Dogs: Legion	50−55 −353%	240−250 +353%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	18−20 −344%	80−85 +344%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	9−10 −344%	40−45 +344%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 −364%	65−70 +364%
Cyberpunk 2077	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Far Cry 5	16−18 −369%	75−80 +369%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −357%	210−220 +357%
Hitman 3	14−16 −364%	65−70 +364%
Horizon Zero Dawn	40−45 −363%	190−200 +363%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16 −369%	75−80 +369%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	24 −358%	110−120 +358%
Watch Dogs: Legion	4 −350%	18−20 +350%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

18−20

−347%

85−90
+347%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	12−14 −362%	60−65 +362%
Far Cry New Dawn	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −338%	35−40 +338%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −358%	110−120 +358%
Hitman 3	10−12 −355%	50−55 +355%
Horizon Zero Dawn	14−16 −367%	70−75 +367%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −355%	200−210 +355%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

12−14

−358%

55−60
+358%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	6−7 −350%	27−30 +350%
Far Cry New Dawn	5−6 −320%	21−24 +320%
Hitman 3	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Horizon Zero Dawn	21−24 −352%	95−100 +352%
Metro Exodus	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −300%	4−5 +300%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −350%	18−20 +350%
Forza Horizon 4	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	2−3 −350%	9−10 +350%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

7−8
−329%

30−33

+329%

This is how RX 550 Mobile and RTX 3050 8 GB compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 8 GB is 369% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	6.98	32.74
Recency	2 July 2017	4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Chip lithography	14 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	50 Watt	130 Watt

RX 550 Mobile has 160% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 369.1% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX 550 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX 550 Mobile 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.