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Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3050: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Radeon RX 480

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

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)

Buy for £169.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 283 minutes ago

Radeon RX 480

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

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)

Buy for £169.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 283 minutes ago

Prices and Stock
MSRP $229

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

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 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 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X XS White 8G OC (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1807MHz/14000MHz)

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

MSI, GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X E 6G OC

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 (IP5X dust resistance, dual ball bearings, stainless steel bracket, PCIe 4.0, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, DVI-D and more)

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms Radeon RX 480 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 2015 days newer than Radeon RX 480.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050

Performs up to 55% better in Overwatch 2 than Radeon RX 480 - 129 vs 83 FPS
Consumes up to 13% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 480 - 130 vs 150 Watts

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Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

FPS

83

64%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

FPS

129

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.32/FPS

100%

Price, £

£169.98

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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)

Buy for £169.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 283 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Epic

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

389

FPS

387

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

105

FPS

94

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

652

FPS

605

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

83

FPS

66

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

143

FPS

132

FPS

Escape From Tarkov

Escape From Tarkov

Theoretical Performance

Desktop • Jun 29th, 2016

Pixel Fillrate

40.51 GPixel/s

71%

Texel Fillrate

182.3 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

78%

Radeon RX 480	vs	GeForce RTX 3050
Jun 29th, 2016	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
Arctic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$229	MSRP	$249
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	128-bit
256 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
1120 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1552 MHz
1266 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1777 MHz
2000 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

PCs Using Radeon RX 480 or GeForce RTX 3050

With selected game settings

Acer Nitro N50-650 Gaming Desktop PC Image

Acer Nitro N50-650 Gaming Desktop PC

94 FPS

£7.23/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i5-13400F

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£679.99

In Stock

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5 17L Desktop PC

90 FPS

£7.78/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i5-12400F

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£699.99

In Stock

CYBERPOWERPC Wyvern Gaming PC Image

CYBERPOWERPC Wyvern Gaming PC

90 FPS

£6.99/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i5-12400F

16 GB, 500 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£629

In Stock

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Veno Scorp Gaming PC

91 FPS

£10.27/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i3-12100F

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£934.99

In Stock

Radeon RX 480 and GeForce RTX 3050 Popular Comparisons

Compare 2 Graphics Cards in Games

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£799.98

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£319.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£469.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£201.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£141.32

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£469.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£89.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£244.6

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,305

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£147.42

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£70.62

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£359.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£63.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 6700 XT

£499

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

£900

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3080

£899

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£605.36

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

£199.99

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

£799.98

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£319.99

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£469.99

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£683.99

£201.99

£141.32

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£469.99

£89.99

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

£244.6

GeForce RTX 4070

£559.95

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,305

£147.42

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

£70.62

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.78

GeForce RTX 2060

£406.74

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£359.99

£63.99

Radeon RX 6700 XT

£499

GeForce RTX 4080

£1,529.99

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£484.71

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

£900

GeForce RTX 3080

£899