GeForce RTX 3050 vs Radeon RX 6800 XT

Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video 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

$189.97

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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

Prices and Stock
MSRP $649

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

PowerColor Red Devil AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT Gaming Graphics Card with 16GB GDDR6 Memory, Powered by AMD RDNA™ 2, Raytracing, PCI Express 4.0, HDMI 2.1, AMD Infinity Cache

Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 6800 XT AMD 16GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

MSI Gaming Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB GDRR6 256-Bit HDMI/DP 2285 MHz RDNA 2 Architecture OC Graphics Card (RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G)

ASUS ROG Strix LC AMD Radeon™ RX 6800 XT OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Full-Coverage Cold Plate, 240mm Radiator, 600mm tubing, GPU Tweak II)

MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio 16G Gaming Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR6, 2285 MHz, PCI Express 4, 256-bit, 3X DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1

Key Differences

In short — Radeon RX 6800 XT outperforms GeForce RTX 3050 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce RTX 3050 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Radeon RX 6800 XT is 433 days older than GeForce RTX 3050.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 70% better value when playing Rust than Radeon RX 6800 XT - $1.54 vs $5.19 per FPS
Consumes up to 57% less energy than AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - 130 vs 300 Watts

Advantages of Radeon RX 6800 XT

Performs up to 56% better in Rust than GeForce RTX 3050 - 183 vs 117 FPS
Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 16 vs 8 GB

This is a free version of Rust.

Rust

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

FPS

117

64%

Value, $/FPS

$1.54/FPS

100%

Price, $

$179.99

100%

Value Winner

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

Buy for $179.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 433 minutes ago

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

FPS

183

100%

Value, $/FPS

$5.19/FPS

30%

Price, $

$949.99

18%

FPS Winner

AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference Edition Gaming Graphics Card

Buy for $949.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 434 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

1920 x 1080

Ultra

105

FPS

153

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Epic

FPS

177

FPS

Fortnite

1920 x 1080

Very High

389

FPS

399

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

652

FPS

878

FPS

Valorant

1920 x 1080

Maximum

168

FPS

223

FPS

World of Warcraft

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

20%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

22%

Radeon RX 6800 XT

Desktop • Oct 28th, 2020

Pixel Fillrate

288 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

648 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3050	vs	Radeon RX 6800 XT
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Oct 28th, 2020
GeForce 30	Generation	Navi II
$249	MSRP	$649
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	2x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	16 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Bus	256-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	512 GB/s
1552 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1825 MHz
1777 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	2250 MHz
1750 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	2000 MHz