NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 5 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 1920
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 160 Watt
Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 746
3.9x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 1242

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 7 January 2019
Pipelines	2560 vs 1920
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 160 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 746
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851 vs 1242

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1365 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1680 MHz vs 1492 MHz
9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 32% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 14119 vs 10704
Around 25% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 71402 vs 57286

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1365 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	1680 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	14119 vs 10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	71402 vs 57286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

746

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10704

14119

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57286

71402

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

1242

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	746
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704	14119
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286	71402
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	1242
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		217.04
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3119.736
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		21.707
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		133.975
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1141.283
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		6714
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		7442
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		6714

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU106
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	7 January 2019
Place in performance rating	132	161
Launch price (MSRP)		$349
Price now		$349.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		62.74
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1680 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1365 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	2560	1920
Pixel fill rate	47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	160 Watt
Transistor count	8700 million	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort count		2
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 8-pin
Length		229 mm
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6