NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs AMD Radeon R9 280X

What is the difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and AMD Radeon R9 280X. Find out which graphics card has better performance.

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GA107GPU NameTahiti
GA107-300-A1Model numberTahiti XTL
(215-0821065)
AmpereArchitectureGCN 1.0
SamsungFoundryTSMC
8 nmProcess Size28 nm
unknownTransistors4,313 million
unknownDie Size352 mm²

Graphics Card

2021Release DateOct 8th, 2013
GeForce 30FamilyVolcanic Islands
(R9 200)
ActiveProductionEnd-of-life
GeForce 20PredecessorSea Islands
PCIe 4.0 x16Bus InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16

Memory

4 GBMemory Size3 GB
GDDR6Memory TypeGDDR5
128 bitMemory Bus384 bit
224.0 GB/sBandwidth288.0 GB/s

Performance

69.60 GPixel/sPixel fillrate32.00 GPixel/s
125.3 GTexel/sTexture fillrate128.0 GTexel/s
8.018 TFLOPSFP32 (float) performance4.096 TFLOPS
125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)FP64 (double) performance1,024 GFLOPS (1:4)

Clock Speeds

1545 MHzBase Clock850 MHz
1740 MHzBoost Clock1000 MHz
1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
Memory Clock1500 MHz
6 Gbps effective

Render Config

2304Shading Units2048
72TMUs128
40ROPs32
128 KB (per SM)L1 Cache16 KB (per CU)
2 MBL2 Cache768 KB

Board Design

Dual-slotSlot WidthDual-slot
242 mm
9.5 inches
Length275 mm
10.8 inches
112 mm
4.4 inches
Width109 mm
4.3 inches
90 WThermal design power (TDP)250 W
250 WSuggested PSU600 W
1x HDMI
3x DisplayPort
Display Connectors2x DVI
1x HDMI
1x DisplayPort
1x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin

API support

12 Ultimate (12_2)DirectX12 (11_1)
4.6OpenGL4.6
3.0OpenCL1.2
1.2Vulkan1.2
6.6Shader Model5.1