NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB $179
GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT Gaming OC $170
2304 Shaders
6GB GDDR6
1470MHz
1024 Shaders
4GB GDDR6
2825MHz
FP32
6.77 TFLOPS
FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
FP16
6.77 TFLOPS
FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
1.9-Slots
Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
70W
TDP
107W
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
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GB5 OpenCL - N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL 53,340
17%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Metal - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan - N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 40,335
20%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 - N/A
0%
OCT Metal - N/A
0%
OCT Metal 75
13%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
GIGABYTE
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Ampere
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 30
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV177
GA107
Variant
GA107-325-K2-A1
Codename
Beige Goby
Navi 24
Variant
Navi 24 XT
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
2/2/2024
Release Date
1/19/2022
Foundry
Samsung
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Fabrication Node
N6
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Die Size
200 mm²
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Die Size
107 mm²
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Transistor Count
8.7 Billion
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Transistor Count
5.4 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Transistor Density
50.47M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2304 Shaders
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Shading Units
1024 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
72 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
64 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
72 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
18 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
16 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
18 SMs
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Compute Units
16 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
1 GPC
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1042MHz Base
1470MHz
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2610MHz Base
2825MHz
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FP16
6.77 TFLOPS
27.1 TFLOPS Tensor
FP16
11.57 TFLOPS
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FP32
6.77 TFLOPS
FP32
5.79 TFLOPS
TF32
13.55 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.11 TFLOPS
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FP64
0.36 TFLOPS
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Ray Tracing
13.2 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
47.04 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
90.4 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
105.84 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
180.8 GTexel/s
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L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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128KB/Array
L2
2MB Shared
L2
1MB Shared
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L3
16MB Shared
0.42TB/s
6GB
GDDR6
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4GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
96Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
168GB/s
Clock
2250MHz
Transfer Rate
18GT/s
Bandwidth
144GB/s
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TDP
70W
TDP
107W
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Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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1x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
60Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
3
Multi Monitor Support
2
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 7
No Encoders
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 5
Model
VCN 3.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Shader Model
6.6
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GFX
10.3
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2x Fans
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3x Fans
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
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Slots Required
1.9
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
4
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
242 mm (9.53 in)
Depth
38 mm (1.5 in)
Height
114 mm (4.49 in)
Width
282 mm (11.1 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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