GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs Radeon RX Vega 9

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 9 with GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 9
2017
15 Watt
5.55

RTX 3050 8 GB outperforms RX Vega 9 by a whopping 490% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking606165
Place by popularitynot in top-10011
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data69.37
Power efficiency25.3517.26
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameVega Raven RidgeGA106
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date26 October 2017 (7 years ago)4 January 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$249

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores5762560
Core clock speedno data1552 MHz
Boost clock speed1300 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistorsno data12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology14 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data142.2
Floating-point processing powerno data9.098 TFLOPS
ROPsno data32
TMUsno data80
Tensor Coresno data80
Ray Tracing Coresno data20

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).

Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x8
Lengthno data242 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR6
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data224.0 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 data1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_112 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
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 HD18
−456%
100−110
+456%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.49

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−463%
90−95
+463%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−483%
210−220
+483%
Hitman 3 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−471%
200−210
+471%
Metro Exodus 21
−471%
120−130
+471%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−471%
280−290
+471%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Battlefield 5 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Far Cry New Dawn 16−18
−463%
90−95
+463%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−483%
210−220
+483%
Hitman 3 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−471%
200−210
+471%
Metro Exodus 16
−463%
90−95
+463%
Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 18−20
−479%
110−120
+479%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−471%
280−290
+471%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Cyberpunk 2077 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%
Far Cry 5 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−483%
210−220
+483%
Hitman 3 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Horizon Zero Dawn 35−40
−471%
200−210
+471%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 20−22
−450%
110−120
+450%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−463%
45−50
+463%
Watch Dogs: Legion 45−50
−471%
280−290
+471%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 10−12
−445%
60−65
+445%
Far Cry New Dawn 9−10
−456%
50−55
+456%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 1−2
−400%
5−6
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Far Cry 5 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−467%
85−90
+467%
Hitman 3 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Metro Exodus 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 35−40
−483%
210−220
+483%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 10−11
−450%
55−60
+450%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Far Cry New Dawn 4−5
−425%
21−24
+425%
Hitman 3 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Horizon Zero Dawn 12−14
−483%
70−75
+483%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%
Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 0−1
Far Cry 5 3−4
−433%
16−18
+433%
Forza Horizon 4 5−6
−440%
27−30
+440%
Watch Dogs: Legion 2−3
−400%
10−11
+400%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 6−7
−483%
35−40
+483%

This is how RX Vega 9 and RTX 3050 8 GB compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3050 8 GB is 456% faster in 1080p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 5.55 32.74
Recency 26 October 2017 4 January 2022
Chip lithography 14 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 130 Watt

RX Vega 9 has 766.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 8 GB, on the other hand, has a 489.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 years, and a 75% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 9 in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 9 is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is a desktop one.


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