AMD Radeon RX 7600 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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Radeon RX 7600 compared with GeForce RTX 3050

	AMDRadeon RX 7600	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3050
Overview
Released
Released	May 2023	January 2022
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	AMD	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	RDNA 3	Ampere
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,048	2,560 or 2,304
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,655 MHz	1,780 MHz or 1,470 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	32 compute units, 64 ROPs, 128 texture units; game clock 2250 MHz; 13.3 billion transistors	NVIDIA reference GPU figures; photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB VERTO Dual Fan partner card. The 6 GB revision went on sale on 2 February 2024. NVIDIA also lists different OEM clocks and core counts; a complete independent OEM specification is not published here.
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	32 second-generation Ray Accelerators	Second-generation RT Cores
AI cores
AI cores	64 AI Accelerators; 43.5 TOPS INT8	Third-generation Tensor Cores
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	AMD FSR, Radeon Super Resolution	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling
Base clock
Base clock	–	Original 8 GB is 1.55 GHz and 6 GB is 1.04 GHz on NVIDIA's rounded table; PNY specifies 1,552 MHz and 1,042 MHz respectively. NVIDIA rounds the original boost to 1.78 GHz; PNY gives 1,777 MHz.
Cache
Cache	32 MB AMD Infinity Cache (second generation)	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR6 or 6 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	128-bit or 96-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	288 GB/s	224 GB/s or –
Memory detail
Memory detail	GDDR6 at up to 18 Gbps; AMD quotes up to 477 GB/s effective bandwidth with Infinity Cache	PNY specifies 14 Gbps GDDR6 for both capacities. Its original 8 GB page publishes 224 GB/sec bandwidth; the 6 GB PDF labels its bandwidth figure as Gbps, so an unambiguous numeric bandwidth is omitted for that revision.
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	165 W	130 W or 70 W
Interface
Interface	–	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	DisplayPort up to 2.1 (depends on the card design), HDMI 2.1	PNY 8 GB VERTO has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a and 1 × HDMI 2.1; PNY 6 GB VERTO lists DisplayPort 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 and DVI-DL, for 3 displays. Check the chosen partner card.
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	–	7680 × 4320 on PNY's specifications; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR, 8K 60 Hz HDR and variable refresh rate
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	Original reference specification and PNY 8 GB VERTO require 1 × 8-pin; NVIDIA and PNY specify no auxiliary connector for the 6 GB version
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	550 W	NVIDIA specifies 550 W for the original 8 GB card and 300 W for 6 GB; requirements depend on the rest of the system
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (reference card)	Partner designs vary; PNY's pictured 8 GB VERTO and its 6 GB VERTO are dual-slot cards
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	204 mm long, 2-slot (reference card)	No Founders Edition card; pictured PNY 8 GB VERTO is 8.99 × 4.49 × 1.71 inches. PNY 6 GB VERTO is 186.2 × 113 × 38.50 mm.
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	H.264, HEVC and AV1 encode and decode	PNY specifies seventh-generation NVIDIA Encoder and fifth-generation Decoder; its 8 GB board is PCIe 4.0 x8 and 6 GB is PCIe 4.0 x16 with x8 active