GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R7 240 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the Radeon R7 240 and it's also a much better value for money, as it's only £120.04 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 200% more VRAM memory – 6 vs 2 GB

Advantages of the Radeon R7 240

Up to 75% cheaper – £39.95 vs £159.99
Consumes up to 57% less energy – 30 vs 70 Watts

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R7 240 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£159.99

24%

Value, £/FPS

£2.19/FPS

44%

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 1492 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 96-bit, 1x DP (v1.4a), 2x HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 96-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1470MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD

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

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 OC (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1500MHz/14000MHz/Low Profile)

Buy on Amazon

£174.23

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 Gaming Graphics Card (Nvidia RTX3050, PCIe 4.0, 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, RTX3050-O6G-LP-BRK)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE V2 OC 6GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

Buy on Amazon

£178.00

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1470MHz/14000MHz)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD Graphics Card

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

Average FPS

56%

Min 1% FPS

43%

Price, £

£39.95

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.97/FPS

100%

Powercolor Radeon R7 240 (2GB GDDR5/PCI Express 3.0/780MHz/1150MHz)

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R7 240 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R7 240 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4853

100%

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

373

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs Radeon R7 240 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Memory

6 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

168 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

6.774 TFLOPS

100%

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

Memory

2 GB

33%

Memory Bandwidth

73.6 GB/s

44%

Pixel Fillrate

5.6 GPixel/s

12%

Texture Fillrate

14 GTexel/s

13%

FP32

448 GFLOPS

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon R7 240
General
Feb 2nd, 2024	Release Date	Oct 8th, 2013
$179.00	MSRP	$69.00
GeForce 30	Generation	Volcanic Islands
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
70 W	Power Consumption	30 W
Memory
6 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
96-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
168 GB/s	Bandwidth	73.6 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
47.04 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	5.6 GPixel/s
105.8 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	14 GTexel/s
6.774 TFLOPS	FP32	448 GFLOPS