GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and Radeon RX 6850 XT - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Radeon RX 6850 XT
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
RDNA 2.0 (2020−2022)
GPU code name
GA106
Navi 21
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
2022
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin
2x 8-pin
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
2250 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
7 nm
Number of transistors
12,000 million
26,800 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2560
4608
Power consumption (TDP)
130 Watt
325 Watt
Texture fill rate
142.2
648.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
128 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
14 GB/s
18 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
224.0 GB/s
576.0 GB/s
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
-
OpenCL
3.0
2.1
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.5
Vulkan
1.3
1.3