GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 550 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 is a clear winner – it's at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the Radeon RX 550 and it's also a much better value for money, as it's only £56.00 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 RX 550

Up to 34% cheaper – £109.99 vs £165.99
Consumes up to 62% less energy – 50 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

66%

Value, £/FPS

£1.99/FPS

100%

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)

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£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 RX 550

Apr 20th, 2017

Average FPS

57%

Min 1% FPS

45%

Price, £

£109.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.34/FPS

85%

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

Buy on Amazon

£109.99

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ASUS Phoenix PH-RX550-4G-EVO AMD Radeon RX 550 4 GB GDDR5

AMD Radeon RX 550 4GB GDDR5, 128bit 1183MHz GPU 6000MHz Memory Clock ITX PC Gaming Video Graphics Card, Computer Gaming GPU, DirectX 12, 3 Output Interface, Low Power

GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 550 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 RX 550

Apr 20th, 2017

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 550 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

100%

Radeon RX 550

Apr 20th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1194

19%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 550 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 RX 550

Apr 20th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

112 GB/s

50%

Pixel Fillrate

18.93 GPixel/s

33%

Texture Fillrate

37.86 GTexel/s

27%

FP32

1.211 TFLOPS

13%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Radeon RX 550
General
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Apr 20th, 2017
$249.00	MSRP	$79.00
GeForce 30	Generation	Polaris
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
130 W	Power Consumption	50 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	2 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR5
128-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	112 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	18.93 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	37.86 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS	FP32	1.211 TFLOPS