NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 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 2070

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 11% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2304
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
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 853 vs 819
3.1x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4851 vs 1569

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Jul 2022 vs 17 October 2018
Pipelines	2560 vs 2304
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 175 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	853 vs 819
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851 vs 1569

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1410 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Around 9% higher boost clock speed: 1620 MHz vs 1492 MHz
9.3x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Around 51% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 16112 vs 10704
Around 54% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88096 vs 57286

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1410 MHz vs 1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	1620 MHz vs 1492 MHz
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	16112 vs 10704
Geekbench - OpenCL	88096 vs 57286

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

853

819

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

10704

16112

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

57286

88096

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

4851

1569

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
PassMark - G2D Mark	853	819
PassMark - G3D Mark	10704	16112
Geekbench - OpenCL	57286	88096
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4851	1569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		251.703
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		3742.063
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		27.153
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		153.341
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1304.365
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3350
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		22615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3350

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU106
Launch date	6 Jul 2022	17 October 2018
Place in performance rating	132	151
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Price now		$499.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		42.76
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1620 MHz
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1410 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Pipelines	2560	2304
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	10,800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
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)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB
Memory bandwidth	144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	96 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6