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Release date: Q4 2022.

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Release date: Q1 2022.

Effective Speed 
+196%
Real World Speed
Performance profile from 89,499 user samples
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Great bench: 249% Asus(1043 05ED) ≥ 4GB
Poor bench: 176% XFX(1EAE 7905) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 176% Great: 249%
SPEED RANK: 8th / 713
82,770 User Benchmarks
Great bench: 78% Gigabyte(1458 40AA)
Poor bench: 68% Nvidia(10DE 2507) ≥ 4GB
Poor: 68% Great: 78%
SPEED RANK: 98th / 713
Effective 3D Speed
Effective 3D Gaming GPU Speed 		220 % Hugely faster effective speed.
+196% 		74.4 %
Average Score 
+289%
Lighting
Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		276 fps Hugely better lighting effects.
+173% 		101 fps
Reflection
Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		389 fps Hugely better reflection handling.
+344% 		87.6 fps
MRender
Avg. Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		435 fps Hugely faster multi rendering.
+425% 		82.9 fps
Gravity
Avg. NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		228 fps Hugely faster NBody calculation.
+214% 		72.6 fps
Overclocked Score 
+300%
Lighting
Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 		326 fps Hugely better peak lighting effects.
+205% 		107 fps
Reflection
High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 		470 fps Hugely better peak reflection handling.
+302% 		117 fps
MRender
Render target array GShader (Sphere) 		484 fps Hugely faster peak multi rendering.
+460% 		86.5 fps
Gravity
NBody particle system (Galaxy) 		254 fps Hugely faster peak NBody calculation.
+233% 		76.2 fps
Value & Sentiment 
+99%
Market Share
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Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days) 		0.22 % 0.72 % Hugely higher market share.
+227%
Value
Value For Money 		58 % 72.3 % Better value.
+25%
User Rating
UBM User Rating 		52 % 90 % Much more popular.
+73%
Price
Price (score) 		$900 $244 Much cheaper.
+73%
Nice To Haves 
+455%
Age
Newest 		23 Months Much more recent.
+30% 		33 Months
Parallax
Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		661 fps Hugely better peak texture detail.
+568% 		98.9 fps
Splatting
Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		462 fps Hugely faster peak complex splatting.
+576% 		68.3 fps
Parallax
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 		592 fps Hugely better texture detail.
+559% 		89.9 fps
Splatting
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 		416 fps Hugely faster complex splatting.
+540% 		65 fps
Conclusion 
Average Bench 220%
Average Bench 74.4%

AMD’s new 7900 series GPUs received a lot of pre-launch hype. There were claims of 50-70% performance improvements over the previous flagship. Our benchmarks show that the 7900-XTX leads the 6950-XT by around 30%. AMD overhype their product launches because it is effective at getting first-time buyers to pay over MRSP. After an initial burst in sales, prices often drop rapidly, as with the 6900 XT and the recently launched Zen 4 7950X, which are now both 30% cheaper. AMD’s domination of social media platforms has historically resulted in millions of users purchasing sub standard products, those users will be very hard, if not impossible for AMD to win back. If this trend continues, semiconductors may become a secondary business line for AMD, who appear more focused on developing “Advanced Marketing” relationships with select youtubers and media outlets. Based on the volume of social media/press coverage, you would never guess that the combined market share for all of AMD’s Radeon 5000 and 6000 GPUs amongst PC gamers is just 2.12% (Steam stats). Be wary of sponsored reviews (golden samples+cherry picked games) that showcase the wins and gloss over the losses whilst conveniently ignoring frame drops. Despite steady price cuts, an increasing number of seasoned gamers simply have no interest in buying AMD products. They know from bitter experience that headline average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, excessive noise and a limited feature set. Most gamers, who are better off playing at 1080p, will do well to wait for Nvidia’s upcoming 4060/4070 series cards (est. early 2023). Even brand fans that wish to be in AMD’s “2%” club, will find better deals after the launch hype settles. Shoppers should avoid AMD’s reference design as many users are reporting thermal issues. [Dec '22 GPUPro]

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The RTX 3050 is built on NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture. It marks the first time that ray-tracing has been available on an entry level (50-series) card. Second generation ray tracing cores can be switched on for more realistic light simulation, albeit at a hit to performance. The 3050 features 2560 CUDA cores, a boost clock frequency of 1.78 GHz, 8 GB of the latest GDDR6 memory and NVIDIA’s DLSS. DLSS technology uses the 3050’s tensor cores to scale up resolutions whilst maintaining high frame rates and without losing significant image quality. The 3050 also includes an encoder (NVENC) for sharper images and smoother capture whilst recording/streaming. The MRSP of entry models is $249 USD, however, street prices are closer to $600 USD. Early benchmarks show that the 3050 only headlines around 50% faster than AMD's 6500 XT whilst street prices for the 3050 are over 100% higher. Many experienced users simply have no interest in buying AMD cards, regardless of price. AMD’s neanderthal marketing tactics seem to have come back to haunt them. Their brazen domination of social media platforms including youtube and reddit resulted in millions of users purchasing sub standard products. Experienced gamers know all too well that high average fps are worthless when they are accompanied with stutters, random crashes, excessive noise and a limited feature set. [Jan '22 GPUPro]

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