GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580
GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
VS
AMD Radeon RX 580

General info

The main nomenclature characteristics of video cards GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580. Pay attention to the position in the performance rating to choose the best one.

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Place in performance rating
149
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Value for money (0-100)
71.43
Ampere
Architecture
Polaris
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Code name
Polaris 20
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Type
Desktop
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Release date
18 April 2017 (4 years ago)
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Launch price (MSRP)
$229
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Price now
$566 (2.5x MSRP)
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Value for money
23.02
GA107
GPU code name
Polaris 20
Desktop
Market segment
Desktop

Technical specs

Choose the best graphics card between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580 based on manufacturing process, power consumption, and base frequency and overclocking potential of the GPU.

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Pipelines
2304
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Core clock speed
1257 MHz
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Boost Clock
1340 MHz
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Transistor count
5,700 million
8 nm
Manufacturing process technology
14 nm
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Power consumption (TDP)
185 Watt
67.65
Texture fill rate
193.0
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Floating-point performance
6,175 gflops
2048
Pipelines / CUDA cores
2304
1057 MHz
Boost clock speed
1340 MHz
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Number of transistors
5,700 million
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Thermal design power (TDP)
185 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Additional technical information, does not greatly affect the performance rating when comparing the GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580.

PCIe 4.0 x16
Interface
PCIe 3.0 x16
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Length
241 mm
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Supplementary power connectors
1x 8-pin

Memory

Graphics card memory is used to store calculations. Modern software and 3D games require more and faster memory. The higher these parameters, the more productive the chip. The difference in these characteristics GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580 can be seen in this section.

GDDR6
Memory type
GDDR5
4 GB
Maximum RAM amount
8 GB
128 Bit
Memory bus width
256 Bit
12 GB/s
Memory clock speed
8000 MHz
192.0 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
256.0 GB/s

Video outputs and ports

The difference between the interfaces and ports of video cards GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580, the size and number of monitors.

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Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
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HDMI
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Technologies

The difference between GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580 is the additional functionality.

8.6
CUDA
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API support

The difference in supported APIs is GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580. Hardware support (API) is not considered in synthetic benchmarks and performance tests.

12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 (12_0)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
1.2
Vulkan
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6.6
Shader Model
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3.0
OpenCL
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Gaming performance

Select form the list the required name to identify gaming performance for GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q and AMD Radeon RX 580 graphics cards. The result shows how fast the game will run and whether it can be run on this computer. The different monitor resolutions – from low to 4K – are used for testing. Find out is the GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q or AMD Radeon RX 580 good for gaming.


low
1280x720
med.
1920x1080
high
1920x1080
ultra
1920x1080
QHD
2560x1440
4K
3840x2160
Horizon Zero Dawn (2020) GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 580
Death Stranding (2020) GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 580
F1 2020 (2020) GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 580
Gears Tactics (2020) GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 580
Doom Eternal (2020) GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 580
Legend
5 Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
May Stutter – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards stutter, the game is likely to show a low frame rate. There will be some lags.
30 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 25 frames per second (fps)
40 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 35 frames per second (fps)
60 Fluent – According to the results of benchmarks the game should run at 58 frames per second (fps)
May Run Fluently – Insufficient data. Similar graphics cards show a smooth frame rate, comfortable for the game.
? Uncertain – Graphics cards testing has shown that a slower card can provide a high and stable frame rate for the same operation.
Uncertain – The work of the video card in the game is still being studied. Interpolation among analogs is not possible.
The value depicts the average frame rate. Hovering over the value, you can get individual results.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q

Finer manufacturing process technology (8 nm vs 14 nm)

Advantages of AMD Radeon RX 580

43.57% faster in synthetic tests

More maximum RAM amount (8 GB vs 4 GB)

More memory bandwidth (256.0 GB/s vs 192.0 GB/s)

So, GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q or AMD Radeon RX 580?

Judging by the results of synthetic and gaming tests, we recommend AMD Radeon RX 580 .

GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q versus AMD Radeon RX 580 performance benchmarks comparison

User rating

0.0 Out of 0 CpusData Score GeForce RTX 3050 Max-Q
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