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AMD Radeon RX 580 vs GeForce RTX 3050

Radeon RX 580
VS
GeForce RTX 3050
AMD Radeon RX 580
Polaris 20
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
GA106

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 580 with 2304 shaders against the 4 years and 10 months newer GeForce RTX 3050 that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR5
VS
8 GB GDDR6
48.2
(Average)
Value Index
47.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3050 over RX 580
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050
  • Performs significantly better (up to 52%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 8 nm process technology
  • Shows 56% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 42 vs 27 FPS
  • 47% higher maximum theoretical performance (9.1 vs 6.2 TFLOPS)
  • Ray-tracing support with 20 dedicated RT cores
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 2 technology
  • Achieves 65% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (67K vs 40K)
  • Features 80 tensor cores for effective deep learning and AI workloads

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RX 580
vs
RTX 3050

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
76
39
31
17
92
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
50
41
22
12
90
70
49
24
Counter-Strike 2
74
55
38
15
139
101
72
31
Far Cry 6
59
49
35
17
76
66
49
25
Hogwarts Legacy
34
26
20
9
49
38
30
13
CoD: Modern Warfare III
48
42
27
15
59
49
35
22
Ghost of Tsushima
33
23
19
10
46
35
28
15
Cyberpunk 2077
33
27
16
-
48
45
26
11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
60
52
32
15
80
73
49
25
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 52 75
1080p Ultra 39 59
1440p Ultra 27 42
4K Ultra 13 21
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RX 580
4183
RTX 3050 +52%
6348
Time Spy 4354 6235
Solar Bay - 30191
Port Royal 527 3546
Fire Strike 14980 15967
Wild Life Extreme 8907 12795
Night Raid 56859 74854
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RX 580
40514
RTX 3050 +65%
67028
Background Blur 59.5 img/sec 110.4 img/sec
Face Detection 33.8 img/sec 64.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 1.56 Gpixels/sec 2.87 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 3.1 Gpixels/sec 3.76 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 2.92 Gpixels/sec 2.89 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 0.33 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 161.8 Gpixels/sec 270.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 5395.1 FPS 9339.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RX 580
n/a
RTX 3050
4722

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RX 580
8782
RTX 3050 +42%
12471
G2D Mark 770 916
DirectX 11 60 FPS 90 FPS
DirectX 12 43 FPS 59 FPS
GPU Compute 3409 Ops/s 6415 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 33466 & 9379 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RX 580
391.86
RTX 3050 +273%
1462.18
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 91 & 1092 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Radeon RX 580
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GeForce RTX 3050
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitryCinebench 20244722
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RX 580
7905
RTX 3050 +50%
11848
GB6 ML Half Precision
RX 580
8166
RTX 3050 +162%
21368
GB6 ML Quantized
RX 580
5642
RTX 3050 +40%
7905
Image Classification (SP) 3143 4958
Image Segmentation (HP) 3955 12747
Image Super Resolution (Q) 7872 9816
Face Detection (HP) 11922 22467
Pose Estimation (Q) 41162 41362
Text Classification (SP) 1199 2563
Machine Translation (HP) 1773 3721
Object Detection (SP) 3620 5929
Depth Estimation (Q) 13995 18361
Style Transfer (SP) 84083 84665
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 580 and GeForce RTX 3050

General

Vendor Amd Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 18, 2017 January 27, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $229 $249
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Entry-level
Architecture GCN 4.0 Ampere
GPU Codename Polaris 20 GA106
Rival Equivalent - GeForce GTX 1060 -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 8500 or above - Intel Core i5 12400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (83rd and 71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1257 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost Clock 1340 MHz 1777 MHz
Shading Units 2304 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) - 20
Tensor Cores No 80
Ray-tracing Cores No 20
L1 Cache 16KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 2MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 43 GPixel/s 57 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 193 GTexel/s 142 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 580
6.2 TFLOPS
RTX 3050 +47%
9.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 185 W 130 W
Manufacturing GlobalFoundries Samsung
Fabrication Process 14 nm 8 nm
Die Size 232 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor Count 5 billion 12 billion
Transistor Density 21.55 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR5 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 8000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RX 580 +14%
256 GB/s
RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.1 3.0
CUDA - 8.6
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 2
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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