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Radeon RX 6950 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The Radeon RX 6950 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 18% to 348%, including 315% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (12,409 vs 2,991). On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6950 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 26.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (per llmrun.dev), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the Radeon RX 6950 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050. Both released in 2022. MSRP range: $1,099 · $249. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecRadeon RX 6950 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
vram gb 168
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —130
cuda cores —2560

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Tom's Hardware, Club386, Notebookcheck, VideoCardz, WCCFtech / 3DMark, GPU-Monkey, 3DMark, HWBOT Community Forums, UL Benchmarks, AlkTech, TechPowerUp, Digital Trends and Guru3D; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkRadeon RX 6950 XTNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware, Club386, Notebookcheck		 28,900 pts14,754 points
3DMark Fire Strike (Graphics Score) (higher is better)
Source: VideoCardz, Club386, WCCFtech / 3DMark		 61,950 points—
3DMark Fire Strike (Overall Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFtech / 3DMark		 43,823 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —7,355 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 16,355 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: HWBOT Community Forums, GPU-Monkey, 3DMark, WCCFtech / 3DMark		 10,824 points3,569 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark		 4,394 points980 points
3DMark Speed Way (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —1,429 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks		 4,215 points1,337 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: AlkTech, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, Digital Trends, Guru3D		 17,050 points6,657 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —6,077 points
3DMark Time Spy (Overall Score) (higher is better)
Source: WCCFtech / 3DMark		 19,696 points—

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

Radeon RX 6950 XT

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the Radeon RX 6950 XT or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 18% to 348%, including 315% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (12,409 vs 2,991).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen3:8b, the Radeon RX 6950 XT generates 711.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA) against 26.4 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (per llmrun.dev), best community run on file for each.

What did the Radeon RX 6950 XT and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 cost at launch?

The Radeon RX 6950 XT launched at a $1,099 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 at $249. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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