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Same as Founder's Edition
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AvailabilityMSRP $249
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CA$259.99
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Boost Clock
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Boost Clock
Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the cheaper Radeon RX 550 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Radeon RX 550 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 1720 days newer than the cheaper Radeon RX 550.
Advantages of Radeon RX 550
- Up to 46% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - CA$139.99 vs CA$259.99
- Up to 16% better value when playing Death Stranding than GeForce RTX 3050 - CA$2.06 vs CA$2.45 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 50 vs 130 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 56% better in Death Stranding than Radeon RX 550 - 106 vs 68 FPS
- Up to 300% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 550 - 8 vs 2 GB
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
FPS
68
64%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$2.06/FPS
100%
Price, CA$
CA$139.99
100%
Value Winner
MAXSUN AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5 ITX Computer PC Gaming Video Graphics Card GPU HDPC Low Profile 128-Bit DirectX 12 PCI Express X16 3.0, HDMI, DisplayPort…
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GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
106
100%
Value, CA$/FPS
CA$2.45/FPS
84%
Price, CA$
CA$259.99
53%
FPS Winner
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
Radeon RX 550
Desktop • Apr 20th, 2017
Pixel Fillrate
18.93 GPixel/s
33%
Texel Fillrate
37.86 GTexel/s
27%
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon RX 550 | vs | GeForce RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Polaris | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$79 | MSRP | $249 |
| 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| None | Power Connectors | 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 2 GB | Memory | 8 GB |
| GDDR5 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 128-bit |
| 112 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224 GB/s |
| 1100 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1552 MHz |
| 1183 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1777 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1750 MHz |
PC Builds Using Radeon RX 550 or GeForce RTX 3050
With selected game settings
90 FPS
CA$12.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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CA$1,129.64
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85 FPS
CA$12.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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CA$1,051.97
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93 FPS
CA$14.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-14400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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CA$1,364.51
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90 FPS
CA$12.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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CA$1,099
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91 FPS
CA$13.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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CA$1,203.87
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85 FPS
CA$13.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 5500
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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CA$1,121.31
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93 FPS
CA$14.15/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-14400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$1,315.77
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79 FPS
CA$18.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 1 TB SSD
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CA$1,461.03
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93 FPS
CA$13.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-14400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$1,299.61
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89 FPS
CA$23.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-11700F
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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CA$2,099.99
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101 FPS
CA$193.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700K
64 GB, 4 TB SSD + 4 TB HDD
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CA$19,506.17
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90 FPS
CA$18.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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CA$1,674.99
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104 FPS
CA$69.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i9-13900K
64 GB, 4 TB SSD + 10 TB HDD
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CA$7,256.92
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104 FPS
CA$66.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i9-13900K
32 GB, 2 TB SSD + 20 TB HDD
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CA$6,940.32
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41 FPS
CA$35.93/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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CA$1,473.21
In Stock
101 FPS
CA$60.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700K
16 GB, 4 TB SSD + 10 TB HDD
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CA$6,126.21
In Stock
90 FPS
CA$12.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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CA$1,130.22
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41 FPS
CA$42.09/FPS
Radeon RX 550
Core i5-10400F
8 GB, 8 TB HDD
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CA$1,725.54
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