AMD Radeon RX 7700S vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile Comparison

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has the higher average benchmark score?

A: The AMD Radeon RX 7700S records an average benchmark score of 33,849, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile records 8,746. The RX 7700S sits at the 78th percentile among all GPUs, whereas the RTX 3050 A Mobile sits at the 44th percentile.

Q: How do the two GPUs compare in Geekbench OpenCL performance?

A: In the Geekbench OpenCL test, the RX 7700S scores 62,983 versus 52,998 for the RTX 3050 A Mobile, a delta of 18.8% in favor of the AMD part.

Q: What are the memory specifications of each GPU?

A: The RX 7700S has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 288.0 GB/s bandwidth. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus with 192.0 GB/s bandwidth.

Q: Which GPU has a higher transistor count?

A: The RX 7700S packs 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile has 12,000 million transistors on a larger 276 mm² die.

Q: What is the power draw difference?

A: The RX 7700S has a TDP of 100 W. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has a TDP of 45 W.

Q: Which GPU supports ray tracing?

A: Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), meaning both include hardware ray tracing. The RX 7700S has 32 ray tracing cores, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile has 14 ray tracing cores.

Q: What production status does each GPU hold?

A: The RX 7700S is listed as Active production. The RTX 3050 A Mobile is listed as End-of-life.

Architecture Differences

The RX 7700S uses AMD’s RDNA 3.0 architecture built on a 6 nm TSMC process, with the Navi 33 chip under the Hotpink Bonefish codename. The RTX 3050 A Mobile uses NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture, built on an 8 nm Samsung process with the GA106 chip. These process differences directly affect transistor density: the AMD part achieves 65.2 million transistors per mm² across 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die, while the NVIDIA part achieves 43.5 million transistors per mm² across 12,000 million transistors on a larger 276 mm² die.

Core counts differ substantially. The RX 7700S carries 2,048 shading units, 128 texture mapping units, and 64 ROPs. The RTX 3050 A Mobile carries 1,792 shading units, 56 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. Ray tracing hardware also differs: 32 ray tracing cores on the AMD side versus 14 on the NVIDIA side. The NVIDIA part includes 56 tensor cores, which the AMD part does not list. The RX 7700S supports FP16 at 40.96 TFLOPS with a 2:1 ratio, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile supports FP16 at 4.813 TFLOPS with a 1:1 ratio, meaning it processes FP16 at the same rate as FP32.

Clock behavior differs as well. The RX 7700S has a base clock of 1500 MHz, a boost clock of 2500 MHz, and a game clock of 2200 MHz. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has a base clock of 1065 MHz and a boost clock of 1343 MHz, with no game clock listed. Memory clocks also differ: the AMD GPU runs at 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective), while the NVIDIA GPU runs at 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective).

The RX 7700S uses a PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. The RTX 3050 A Mobile uses a PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Both are integrated into portable devices, with display outputs described as portable device dependent, and both lack power connectors due to being IGP-class mobile parts.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database records exactly one shared benchmark between these two GPUs: Geekbench OpenCL. In that test, the RX 7700S scores 62,983, and the RTX 3050 A Mobile scores 52,998. The delta is 18.8% in favor of the AMD GPU. This is the only head-to-head measurement available, and it gives the RX 7700S one win, with zero wins for the RTX 3050 A Mobile.

Beyond that single direct comparison, each GPU has its own benchmark suite. The RX 7700S also records a 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score of 2,185 and a Geekbench Vulkan score of 36,380. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has PassMark scores across several legacy and modern APIs: DirectX 9 at 152, DirectX 10 at 61, DirectX 11 at 94, DirectX 12 at 55, G2D at 526, G3D at 11,664, and GPU compute at 4,419. These numbers are not directly comparable to the AMD suite because the tests differ, but they help characterize the NVIDIA part’s behavior across older rendering paths.

The average benchmark score gap is large. The RX 7700S averages 33,849 across its recorded tests, placing it near the AMD Radeon HD 7950 (33,951, -0.3% delta), the AMD Radeon RX 480 (33,997, -0.4% delta), the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 5 GB (33,694, +0.5% delta), and the NVIDIA RTX A5000 (33,622, +0.7% delta). The RTX 3050 A Mobile averages 8,746, placing it near the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 (8,743, 0% delta), the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 (8,686, +0.7% delta), the AMD Radeon R9 M265X (8,851, -1.2% delta), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 (8,863, -1.3% delta). The RX 7700S sits in a performance class roughly four times higher than the RTX 3050 A Mobile by average score.

The percentile data reinforces the separation. The RX 7700S is at the 78th percentile of all GPUs, meaning it outperforms most of the database. The RTX 3050 A Mobile is at the 44th percentile, meaning it sits just below the median of all recorded GPUs.

Specification Differences

The two GPUs differ across nearly every measured specification. The RX 7700S uses a 6 nm TSMC process; the RTX 3050 A Mobile uses an 8 nm Samsung process. The AMD chip has 13,300 million transistors on a 204 mm² die; the NVIDIA chip has 12,000 million transistors on a 276 mm² die. Transistor density is 65.2M per mm² for AMD versus 43.5M per mm² for NVIDIA.

Base clocks are 1500 MHz for the RX 7700S versus 1065 MHz for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Boost clocks are 2500 MHz versus 1343 MHz. The AMD part adds a 2200 MHz game clock; the NVIDIA part has no game clock listed. Memory clock is 2250 MHz (18 Gbps effective) for AMD versus 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) for NVIDIA.

Memory capacity differs by a factor of two: 8 GB versus 4 GB, both GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus. Bandwidth is 288.0 GB/s for AMD versus 192.0 GB/s for NVIDIA. Shading units are 2,048 versus 1,792. TMUs are 128 versus 56. ROPs are 64 versus 32. Ray tracing cores are 32 versus 14. Tensor cores are absent on the AMD side, while the NVIDIA part lists 56.

Pixel rate is 160.0 GPixel/s for the RX 7700S versus 42.98 GPixel/s for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Texture rate is 320.0 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s. FP32 compute is 20.48 TFLOPS versus 4.813 TFLOPS. FP16 is 40.96 TFLOPS (2:1) for AMD versus 4.813 TFLOPS (1:1) for NVIDIA.

TDP is 100 W for the RX 7700S versus 45 W for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Both are slot-width IGP parts with no power connectors and portable-device-dependent display outputs. The RX 7700S uses PCIe 4.0 x16; the RTX 3050 A Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x8. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Release timing also differs. The RX 7700S was released on 2023-01-03, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile was released on 2023-12-31. The AMD part is Active production; the NVIDIA part is End-of-life. The RX 7700S lists its predecessor as Polaris Mobile, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile lists its predecessor as GeForce 20 Mobile.

Where Each One Wins

The RX 7700S wins decisively in raw compute and bandwidth. Its FP32 throughput of 20.48 TFLOPS is more than four times the 4.813 TFLOPS of the RTX 3050 A Mobile. Texture rate is similarly lopsided: 320.0 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s. Pixel rate is 160.0 GPixel/s versus 42.98 GPixel/s. Memory bandwidth is 288.0 GB/s versus 192.0 GB/s. For workloads that scale with fill rate, texture throughput, or memory bandwidth, the RX 7700S holds a substantial advantage.

The RTX 3050 A Mobile wins on power efficiency. Its 45 W TDP is less than half the 100 W TDP of the RX 7700S. For a thin-and-light laptop with limited cooling and battery capacity, the NVIDIA part draws far less power while still delivering functional DirectX 12 Ultimate support. The RX 7700S delivers far more performance but demands more than double the power envelope.

The RTX 3050 A Mobile also benefits from tensor cores, which the RX 7700S does not list. For applications that use NVIDIA’s tensor core acceleration, the RTX 3050 A Mobile has a feature the AMD part lacks. However, the database contains no benchmark results that directly test tensor core performance, so the practical impact cannot be quantified here.

The RX 7700S wins on memory capacity. With 8 GB versus 4 GB, the AMD part can hold larger textures and datasets without spilling to system memory. For modern games with high-resolution texture packs or for compute workloads with large working sets, the 8 GB frame buffer is a clear advantage. The 4 GB capacity of the RTX 3050 A Mobile is a limiting factor in those same scenarios.

The RX 7700S wins on production status. It remains Active, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile is End-of-life. For system integrators planning long product cycles, the AMD part has ongoing availability.

The Verdict

The recorded data points to a clear performance hierarchy. The RX 7700S outscores the RTX 3050 A Mobile by 18.8% in the only shared benchmark, Geekbench OpenCL. Its average benchmark score of 33,849 versus 8,746 places it in a different performance class entirely, with the AMD part at the 78th percentile of all GPUs and the NVIDIA part at the 44th percentile. The RX 7700S also carries 8 GB of memory, 288.0 GB/s of bandwidth, and 20.48 TFLOPS of FP32 compute, all of which are multiples of the RTX 3050 A Mobile’s figures.

The RTX 3050 A Mobile has one clear advantage: power draw. At 45 W, it consumes less than half the 100 W of the RX 7700S. For ultra-portable laptops where battery life and thermal limits are paramount, the NVIDIA part is the more practical choice, provided the performance ceiling is acceptable. The RTX 3050 A Mobile also includes tensor cores, which the RX 7700S does not list, though no benchmark data quantifies their benefit.

For users who prioritize performance, the RX 7700S is the obvious pick. Its 78th percentile standing, 8 GB memory, higher bandwidth, and superior compute rates make it suitable for demanding gaming and GPU compute workloads. The RTX 3050 A Mobile, at the 44th percentile with 4 GB memory and less than one-quarter of the FP32 throughput, is a lower-tier mobile part better suited to light gaming and general graphics tasks where power efficiency matters more than raw speed.

The production status reinforces the choice. The RX 7700S is Active; the RTX 3050 A Mobile is End-of-life. For new system designs, the AMD part has a longer expected availability horizon. The RTX 3050 A Mobile may still appear in existing laptop models, but its end-of-life status suggests it is being phased out.

In short, the RX 7700S is the stronger GPU across nearly every measured specification and benchmark, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile offers a lower-power alternative with tensor core support and a much smaller performance footprint. The database’s single head-to-head result, the Geekbench OpenCL score, confirms the RX 7700S advantage at 18.8%, and the broader benchmark averages show a gap that is far larger than that single test suggests.