GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon R7 240 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 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 £126.04 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 2 GB

Advantages of the Radeon R7 240

Up to 76% cheaper – £39.95 vs £165.99
Consumes up to 77% less energy – 30 vs 130 Watts

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£165.99

24%

Value, £/FPS

£1.99/FPS

49%

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

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 6G DUAL OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1537MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 3 x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

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 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

£174.61

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 EAGLE Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1777MHz Core Clock, 1x DP 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3050EAGLE-8GD

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

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

Average FPS

49%

Min 1% FPS

36%

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 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

Jan 4th, 2022

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

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Synthetic Benchmarks

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

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

100%

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

373

Performance Specifications

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

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

100%

Radeon R7 240

Oct 8th, 2013

Memory

2 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

73.6 GB/s

33%

Pixel Fillrate

5.6 GPixel/s

10%

Texture Fillrate

14 GTexel/s

10%

FP32

448 GFLOPS

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon R7 240
General
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Oct 8th, 2013
$249.00	MSRP	$69.00
GeForce 30	Generation	Volcanic Islands
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
130 W	Power Consumption	30 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
128-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	73.6 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	5.6 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	14 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS	FP32	448 GFLOPS