NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 18% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2176
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 175 Watt
  • 2421x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4842 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 6 Jul 2022 vs 2 July 2019
Pipelines 2560 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4842 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

  • Around 19% higher core clock speed: 1470 MHz vs 1237 MHz
  • Around 11% higher boost clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1492 MHz
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 6 GB
  • 9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
  • Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 855 vs 803
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16529 vs 10658
  • Around 55% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 87370 vs 56487
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1470 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 6 GB
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 855 vs 803
PassMark - G3D Mark 16529 vs 10658
Geekbench - OpenCL 87370 vs 56487

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
803
855
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
10658
16529
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
56487
87370
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4842
2
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super
PassMark - G2D Mark 803 855
PassMark - G3D Mark 10658 16529
Geekbench - OpenCL 56487 87370
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4842 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 246.191
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 3885.018
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 27.053
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 165.463
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1271.757
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 5026
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 20969
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 5567
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 5026

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA107 TU106
Launch date 6 Jul 2022 2 July 2019
Place in performance rating 154 151
Launch price (MSRP) $399
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1492 MHz 1650 MHz
Core clock speed 1237 MHz 1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Pipelines 2560 2176
Pixel fill rate 47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 175 Watt
Transistor count 8700 million 10.8 B
CUDA cores 2176
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None 8 pin
Height 4.435” (112.6mm)
Length 9.0” (228.60mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Width 2-Slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s 448 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready