Radeon R9 280 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Prices and Stock
MSRP $279

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $179

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia GeForce RTX3050 DLSS, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1a, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3050-O6G)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X E 6G OC - 6GB GDDR6, 14 Gbps, 96-bit

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6 - GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X 6G OC - 6GB GDDR6 Speicher, 96-bit, 14 Gbps

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 OC (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/MHz/MHz)

Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Solo GDDR6 96bit 1470/14000 HDCP Three DP HDMI Lite Pack

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 (IP5X Staubdicht, Dual Kugellager, Edelstahlhalterung, PCIe 4.0, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, DVI-D und mehr)

KFA2 GeForce RTX 3050 EX 1-Click OC 6GB Grafikkarte - 6GB GDDR6, 1x HDMI, 3X DP

Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 NVIDIA 6 GB GDDR6

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB outperforms Radeon R9 280 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is 3622 days newer than Radeon R9 280.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Performs up to 36% better in Total War: WARHAMMER III than Radeon R9 280 - 45 vs 33 FPS
Consumes up to 65% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 70 vs 200 Watts
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 280 - 6 vs 3 GB

This is a free version of Total War: WARHAMMER III.

Total War: WARHAMMER III

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

FPS

73%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Desktop • Feb 2nd, 2024

FPS

100%

Value, €/FPS

€4.29/FPS

100%

Price, €

€192.9

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 Gaming Grafikkarte (Nvidia GeForce RTX3050 DLSS, PCIe 4.0, 1x HDMI 2.1a, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, DUAL-RTX3050-O6G)

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Desktop • Feb 2nd, 2024

1920 x 1080

Very High

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

1920 x 1080

Ultra

112

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

342

FPS

337

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Best Looking

170

FPS

150

FPS

Dota 2

1920 x 1080

High

604

FPS

539

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 280

Desktop • Mar 4th, 2014

Pixel Fillrate

29.86 GPixel/s

63%

Texel Fillrate

104.5 GTexel/s

99%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Desktop • Feb 2nd, 2024

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

100%

Radeon R9 280	vs	GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
Mar 4th, 2014	Release Date	Feb 2nd, 2024
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$279	MSRP	$179
1x DVI, 2x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	None
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
3 GB	Memory	6 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	96-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	168 GB/s
827 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1042 MHz
933 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1470 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz