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Boost Clock
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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the more expensive Radeon RX 6500 XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 15 days older than the more expensive Radeon RX 6500 XT.
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 15% better in Control than Radeon RX 6500 XT - 63 vs 55 FPS
- Up to 10% cheaper than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £159.99 vs £178.04
- Up to 22% better value when playing Control than Radeon RX 6500 XT - £2.54 vs £3.24 per FPS
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT - 8 vs 4 GB
Advantages of Radeon RX 6500 XT
- Consumes up to 18% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 107 vs 130 Watts
Control
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
63
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.54/FPS
100%
Price, £
£159.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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)
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Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost
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Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
63%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
79%
Radeon RX 6500 XT
Desktop • Jan 19th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
90.08 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
180.2 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | Radeon RX 6500 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 19th, 2022 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Navi II |
| $249 | MSRP | $199 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 64-bit |
224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 143.9 GB/s |
| 1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2310 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2815 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 2248 MHz |
PC Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or Radeon RX 6500 XT
With selected game settings
60 FPS
£11.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£679.99
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59 FPS
£10.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£629
In Stock
59 FPS
£11.78/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£695
In Stock
59 FPS
£15.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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£934.99
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