AMD Radeon R9 390X vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Graphics Processor
| GPU model | Grenada | GA106 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU variant | Grenada XT (215-0880004) | GA106-140-A1 |
| Architecture | GCN 2.0 | Ampere |
| Foundry | TSMC | Samsung |
| Manufacturing process | 28 nm | 8 nm |
| Number of transistors | 6,200 million | 13,250 million |
| Die size | 438 mm² | 276 mm² |
Graphics Card
| Release date | Jun 18th, 2015 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Generation | Pirate Islands | GeForce 30 |
| Production | End-of-life | Unreleased |
| Launch price | 429 USD | — |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Reviews | 60 in our database | — |
| Predecessor | Volcanic Islands | GeForce 20 |
| Successor | Arctic Islands | — |
| gpu.details.availability | — | 2022 |
Clocks
| GPU clock | 1050 MHz | — |
|---|---|---|
| Memory clock | 1500 MHz 6 Gbps effective | 1750 MHz 14 Gbps effective |
| Base clock | — | 1545 MHz |
| Boost clock | — | 1740 MHz |
Memory Configuration
| Memory size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus width | 512 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 384.0 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
Render Configuration
| Shading units | 2816 | 2304 |
|---|---|---|
| TMUs | 176 | 72 |
| ROPs | 64 | 40 |
| Compute units | 44 | — |
| Cache L1 | 16 KB (per CU) | 128 KB (per SM) |
| Cache L2 | 1024 KB | 2 MB |
| SM count | — | 18 |
| Tensor cores | — | 72 |
| RT cores | — | 18 |
Performance
| Pixel rate | 67.20 GPixel/s | 69.60 GPixel/s |
|---|---|---|
| Texture rate | 184.8 GTexel/s | 125.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 (float) performance | 5.914 TFLOPS | 8.018 TFLOPS |
| FP64 (double) performance | 739.2 GFLOPS (1:8) | 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| FP16 (half) performance | — | 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1) |
Dimensions & Outputs
| Slot width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 275 mm 10.8 inches | 242 mm 9.5 inches |
| Width | 109 mm 4.3 inches | 112 mm 4.4 inches |
| Height | 36 mm 1.4 inches | — |
| TDP | 275 W | 90 W |
| Suggested PSU | 600 W | 250 W |
| Outputs | 2x DVI1x HDMI1x DisplayPort | 1x HDMI3x DisplayPort |
| Power connectors | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin | 1x 6-pin |
| Board number | C671, C679-37 | — |
API Support & Features
| DirectX | 12 (12_0) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Shader model | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| CUDA | — | 8.6 |
