Radeon R9 290 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

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MSRP $399

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Prices and Stock
MSRP $179

ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition Scheda Video 6 GB GDDR6, Multiprocessore Streaming NVIDIA Ampere, Resistenza alla Polvere IP5X, Auto-Extreme, GPU Tweak III, Nero, DUAL-RTX3050-O6G

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1492MHz/14000MHz/Low Profile)

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Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G NVIDIA 6GB GDDR6

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition Scheda Video 6 GB GDDR6, Multiprocessore Streaming NVIDIA Ampere, Resistenza alla Polvere IP5X, Auto-Extreme, GPU Tweak III, Nero, RTX3050-O6G-LP-BRK

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X 6G OC (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1492MHz/14000MHz)

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 (resistenza alla polvere IP5X, doppi cuscinetti a sfera, staffa in acciaio inossidabile, PCIe 4.0, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, DVI-D e altro)

Gigabyte VGA GeForce® RTX 3050 6GB Windforce OC V2

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

Zotac Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Solo GDDR6 96bit 1470/14000 HDCP Three DP HDMI Lite Pack

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB outperforms Radeon R9 290 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is 3741 days newer than Radeon R9 290.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Performs up to 6% better in Grand Theft Auto V than Radeon R9 290 - 112 vs 106 FPS
Consumes up to 75% less energy than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 70 vs 275 Watts
Up to 50% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon R9 290 - 6 vs 4 GB

This is a free version of Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

FPS

106

95%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Desktop • Feb 2nd, 2024

FPS

112

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.70/FPS

100%

Price, €

€189.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

ASUS DUAL NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OC Edition Scheda Video 6 GB GDDR6, Multiprocessore Streaming NVIDIA Ampere, Resistenza alla Polvere IP5X, Auto-Extreme, GPU Tweak III, Nero, DUAL-RTX3050-O6G

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My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Desktop • Feb 2nd, 2024

1920 x 1080

Ultra

112

FPS

106

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Very High

342

FPS

340

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Maximum

158

FPS

151

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

High

566

FPS

543

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

High

604

FPS

578

FPS

Valorant

Theoretical Performance

Radeon R9 290

Desktop • Nov 5th, 2013

Pixel Fillrate

60.61 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

151.5 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Desktop • Feb 2nd, 2024

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

78%

Texel Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

70%

Radeon R9 290	vs	GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
Nov 5th, 2013	Release Date	Feb 2nd, 2024
Volcanic Islands	Generation	GeForce 30
$399	MSRP	$179
2x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.4a, 1x DisplayPort 1.2	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	None
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
4 GB	Memory	6 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
512-bit	Bus	96-bit
320 GB/s	Bandwidth	168 GB/s
947 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1042 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	1470 MHz
1250 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz