The good news is, with the release of the RX 5700 XT, the RX 5700 's price is getting more discount. AMD ’s xx00 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the RDNA 1.0 graphics card inside the RX 5700, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend.
Spec for spec, this RX 5700 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RX Vega 56, by boasting 17.5 % more fps. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RX 5700 blows past the RX Vega 56 and, amazingly, even the RX Vega 64 as well.
Compared to its NVIDIA 's closest rival, RTX 2060, the RX 5700 was 4.5 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RX 5700 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RX Vega 56 and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play A Plague Tale: Requiem, Dead Space, Metro Exodus, God of War, Assassin's Creed Odyssey at 62 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Anthem, Final Fantasy XV, Watch Dogs: Legion, Gears of War 5, Need For Speed: Heat at 61 fps to 65 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 63 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play World War Z, F1 2018, Overwatch 2, Valorant at 65 fps to 160 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 92 fps.
The RTX 3060 might be the mid-range flagship of the latest Ampere set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most entry-level PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 3050 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 200. The good news is, with the release of the RTX 3050 Ti, the RTX 3050 's price is getting more discount.
NVIDIA ’s xx50 cards have always been defined by entry-level prices with performance that knocks on the door of mid-range graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the Ampere graphics card inside the RTX 3050, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The RTX 3050 is much more expensive than the GTX 1650 as it costs a whopping $ 200. Compare this to the GTX 1650, which came originally at a price of $ 149. Meanwhile, the AMD closest equivalent card is the RX 5500 XT 4GB which costs $ 169.
Spec for spec, this RTX 3050 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the GTX 1650, by boasting 63 % more fps. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 3050 blows past the GTX 1650 and, amazingly, even the GTX 1660 as well.
Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 5500 XT 4GB, the RTX 3050 was 40.1 % faster. Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 3050 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the GTX 1650 and it really justifies an upgrade.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Baldur's Gate 3, Armored Core VI, F1 22, Borderlands 3, Anthem at 60 fps to 63 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 61 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play World War Z, GreedFall, Hitman 2, Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, Spider-Man Remastered at 63 fps to 68 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 65 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Overwatch 2, Valorant at 64 fps to 138 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 101 fps.
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 12 inches 305 mm | 242 mm 9.5 inches |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 12-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 180 W | 90 W |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1625 MHz | 1740 MHz |
| GPU Clock | 1465 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | Navi | GeForce 30 |
| Launch Price | 349 USD | 200 USD |
| Production | Unreleased | Active |
| Release Date | Jul 7th, 2019 | 2021 |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2 | 2.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| Vulkan | 1.1.108 | 1.2.140 |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | RDNA 1.0 | Ampere |
| Die Size | 251 mm² | unknown |
| GPU Name | Navi 10 | GA107 |
| GPU Variant | Navi 10 PRO | GA107-300-A1 |
| Process Size | 7 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors | 10,300 million | unknown |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 448.0 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 256 bit | 128 bit |
| Memory Size | 8192 MB | 4096 MB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 64 | 40 |
| Shading Units | 2304 | 2304 |
| TMUs | 144 | 72 |
| RX 5700 | RTX 3050 | |
|---|---|---|
| FP16 (half) performance | 14,980 GFLOPS (2:1) | 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| FP32 (float) performance | 7,488 GFLOPS | 8.018 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 468.0 GFLOPS (1:16) | 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Pixel Rate | 104.0 GPixel/s | 69.60 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 234.0 GTexel/s | 125.3 GTexel/s |
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