GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile

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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 5.0 (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega 10GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date1 June 2018 (6 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 cores35842560
Core clock speed1138 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1301 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors12,500 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)120 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate291.4no data
Floating-point processing power9.326 TFLOPSno data
ROPs64no data
TMUs224no 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 x16no 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 typeHBM2GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount8 GB6 GB
Memory bus width2048 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed800 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth409.6 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 HDMI, 3x DisplayPortno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 (12_1)12_2
Shader Model6.4no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL2.0no data
Vulkan1.1.125-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 June 2018 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 120 Watt 60 Watt

RX Vega 56 Mobile has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 4 years, a 75% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Mobile
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

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