GPU Comparison: Nvidia RTX 3050 Vs. AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
Given the GPU shortage still persisting into 2022, PC players looking to upgrade may be finding more appeal in budget cards compared to any other generation of GPUs beforehand. Even RTX 3060 cards, the former lowest card in the 3000 series GPUs, averages around $700 on sites like eBay and StockX. Considering that's almost $400 above expected MSRP (starting at $329), fans will take any deal they can get when it comes to graphics card prices, even if it requires Nvidia and AMD making entirely new GPUs to satisfy demand ever-growing demand. That's largely the reason why Nvidia and AMD are both developing brand new budget GPUs to introduce this year.
Two new entry-level GPUs are being introduced by both companies: The Nvidia RTX 3050, and the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. Both are targeting a very similar budget-friendly demographic of PC players; whether that's brand-new players looking to build their first rig, or those who are upgrading years-old cards with something more fresh. Both cards are meant to offer high fidelity graphics aimed primarily at 1080p gaming, while attempting to push out entry level ray tracing, all working to increase graphics fidelity at a comparatively low barrier of entry. Despite being at a similar MSRP, the reality is that one card is significantly better than the other at raw performance.
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Starting with Nvidia's offering, the RTX 3050 is a genuinely impressive card for the price, assuming players can even get the card at its expected $249 MSRP. The RTX 3050 is an 8 GB VRAM GPU built under the Ampere architecture, operating at a 1.55 GHz base clock speed (1.78 GHz boost clock speed) with GDDR6 memory. Paired with 2,560 CUDA
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