Graphics cards compared

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

  • The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT launched $50 lower ($199 vs $249).
  • The AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT draws less power (113 W vs 130 W board power).
AMD

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

PCIe 4.0 x4 · 4/8 GB GDDR6

Launched at $199

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NVIDIA

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

PCIe 4.0 x8 · 8 GB GDDR6

Launched at $249

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Specs side by side

5 of 5 differ, marked. Speed isn't compared here: we only list specs we can source.

SpecAMD Radeon RX 6500 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
PCIe linkPCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x8
Video memory4 / 8 GB GDDR68 GB GDDR6
Board power107 / 113 W115 / 130 W
SeriesRadeon RX 6000 seriesGeForce RTX 30 series
LaunchedJan 19, 2022January 4, 2022

Sources

AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT

  1. Wikipedia: List of AMD graphics processing units · CC BY-SA 4.0

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

  1. Wikipedia: List of Nvidia graphics processing units · CC BY-SA 4.0

Specs last checked Oct 19, 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.