GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile vs Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
6.04

RTX 3050 A Mobile outperforms RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 296% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking586234
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency27.6136.43
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega RenoirGA106
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date7 January 2020 (4 years ago)2024 (recently)

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 cores3841792
Core clock speed400 MHz1065 MHz
Boost clock speed1500 MHz1343 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology7 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rateno data75.21
Floating-point processing powerno data4.813 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data56
Tensor Coresno data56
Ray Tracing Coresno data14

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 datamedium sized
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8

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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data4 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1500 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data192.0 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 Connectorsno dataPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.7
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
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 HD20
−275%
75−80
+275%
1440p28
−293%
110−120
+293%
4K20
−275%
75−80
+275%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 11
−264%
40−45
+264%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16
−275%
60−65
+275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−282%
65−70
+282%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14
−293%
55−60
+293%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−289%
35−40
+289%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−290%
160−170
+290%
Hitman 3 11
−264%
40−45
+264%
Horizon Zero Dawn 97
−261%
350−400
+261%
Metro Exodus 23
−291%
90−95
+291%
Red Dead Redemption 2 22
−286%
85−90
+286%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21−24
−286%
85−90
+286%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
−287%
240−250
+287%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Battlefield 5 16−18
−282%
65−70
+282%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12
−275%
45−50
+275%
Cyberpunk 2077 6
−250%
21−24
+250%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Far Cry New Dawn 18−20
−289%
70−75
+289%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−290%
160−170
+290%
Hitman 3 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Horizon Zero Dawn 73
−284%
280−290
+284%
Metro Exodus 17
−282%
65−70
+282%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−293%
55−60
+293%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 21
−281%
80−85
+281%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 20−22
−275%
75−80
+275%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50
−280%
190−200
+280%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 16−18
−275%
60−65
+275%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 8−9
−275%
30−33
+275%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−290%
160−170
+290%
Hitman 3 12−14
−285%
50−55
+285%
Horizon Zero Dawn 17
−282%
65−70
+282%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18
−289%
70−75
+289%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 11
−264%
40−45
+264%
Watch Dogs: Legion 50−55
−292%
200−210
+292%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14
−293%
55−60
+293%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 12−14
−275%
45−50
+275%
Far Cry New Dawn 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Far Cry 5 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%
Forza Horizon 4 18−20
−295%
75−80
+295%
Hitman 3 10−11
−250%
35−40
+250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 14−16
−293%
55−60
+293%
Metro Exodus 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Watch Dogs: Legion 40−45
−275%
150−160
+275%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−12
−264%
40−45
+264%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 5−6
−260%
18−20
+260%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Hitman 3 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%
Horizon Zero Dawn 11
−264%
40−45
+264%
Metro Exodus 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 4−5
−250%
14−16
+250%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−233%
10−11
+233%
Forza Horizon 4 6−7
−250%
21−24
+250%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1−2
−200%
3−4
+200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−250%
7−8
+250%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
−286%
27−30
+286%

This is how RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 3050 A Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 A Mobile is 275% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3050 A Mobile is 293% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3050 A Mobile is 275% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 6.04 23.91
Chip lithography 7 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt

RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has a 14.3% more advanced lithography process, and 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 A Mobile, on the other hand, has a 295.9% higher aggregate performance score.

The GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.


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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
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