Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

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The Radeon RX 6500 XT is a slightly faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB, however, it's a slightly worse value for money, as it's £19.00 more expensive!

Advantages of the Radeon RX 6500 XT

A slightly faster GPU for gaming

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Up to 11% cheaper – £159.99 vs £178.99
A slightly better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 35% less energy – 70 vs 107 Watts
Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 6 vs 4 GB

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£178.99

89%

Value, £/FPS

£2.41/FPS

91%

Asrock Radeon RX 6500 XT Phantom Gaming 4GB OC GDDR6 Graphics Card, RDNA2, AMD FidelityFX, 1024 Streams, 2820MHz Boost

ASUS Dual AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT OC Edition 4GB GDDR6 Gaming Graphics Card (AMD RDNA 2, PCIe 4.0, 4GB GDDR6

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Average FPS

99%

Min 1% FPS

97%

Price, £

£159.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.19/FPS

100%

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 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

£174.23

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

Buy on Amazon

£178.00

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1470MHz/14000MHz)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD Graphics Card

Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in My Games

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

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in synthetic GPU benchmarks

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4953

100%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4853

98%

Performance Specifications

The Radeon RX 6500 XT vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in core GPU performance specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT

Jan 19th, 2022

Memory

4 GB

67%

Memory Bandwidth

143.9 GB/s

86%

Pixel Fillrate

90.08 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

180.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

5.765 TFLOPS

85%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Memory

6 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

168 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

52%

Texture Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

59%

FP32

6.774 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

Radeon RX 6500 XT	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
General
Jan 19th, 2022	Release Date	Feb 2nd, 2024
$199.00	MSRP	$179.00
Navi II	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
107 W	Power Consumption	70 W
Memory
4 GB	Memory Size	6 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
64-bit	Memory Bus	96-bit
143.9 GB/s	Bandwidth	168 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
90.08 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	47.04 GPixel/s
180.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	105.8 GTexel/s
5.765 TFLOPS	FP32	6.774 TFLOPS