Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 480 is a much slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050. We cannot compare value as at least one GPU is out of stock.

Advantages of the Radeon RX 480

The GeForce RTX 3050 is better in every way

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Consumes up to 13% less energy – 130 vs 150 Watts

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 480

Jun 29th, 2016

Average FPS

82%

Min 1% FPS

77%

Price, £

Out of Stock

Value, £/FPS

Not Available

All items are out of stock.

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£165.99

100%

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 480 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

Radeon RX 480

Jun 29th, 2016

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 480

Jun 29th, 2016

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4137

66%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

100%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 480

Jun 29th, 2016

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

256 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

40.51 GPixel/s

71%

Texture Fillrate

182.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

5.834 TFLOPS

64%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

88%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

78%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 480	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050
General
Jun 29th, 2016	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
$229.00	MSRP	$249.00
Arctic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
150 W	Power Consumption	130 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
256 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
40.51 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GPixel/s
182.3 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	142.2 GTexel/s
5.834 TFLOPS	FP32	9.098 TFLOPS