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Same as Founder's Edition
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $249
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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MSRP in USD: $549
Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the cheaper Radeon HD 7970 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 3666 days newer than the cheaper Radeon HD 7970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 52% better in Dead Island 2 than Radeon HD 7970 - 91 vs 60 FPS
- Consumes up to 48% less energy than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 130 vs 250 Watts
- Up to 167% more VRAM memory than AMD Radeon HD 7970 - 8 vs 3 GB
Advantages of AMD Radeon HD 7970
- Up to 14% cheaper than GeForce RTX 3050 - $138.95 vs $161.99
Dead Island 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card
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Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC with Boost 3GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-03-40G
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
Radeon HD 7970
Desktop • Dec 22nd, 2011
Pixel Fillrate
29.6 GPixel/s
52.05768554344004%
Texel Fillrate
118.4 GTexel/s
83.26300984528834%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | AMD Radeon HD 7970 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Dec 22nd, 2011 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | Southern Islands |
$249 | MSRP | $549 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 3 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 264 GB/s |
1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 925 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | Not Available |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1375 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or Radeon HD 7970
Dead Island 2, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
62 FPS
$12.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$15.19/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600
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$18.63/FPS
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Ryzen 7 5700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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$35.93/FPS
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Ryzen 5 5600G
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85 FPS
$18.96/FPS
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Core i7-13700K
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$13.87/FPS
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Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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34 FPS
$25.7/FPS
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Ryzen 5 3600
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49 FPS
$20.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-11400F
8 GB, N/A Storage
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62 FPS
$16.13/FPS
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Core i7-12700
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58 FPS
$12.17/FPS
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