NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 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 - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 2.3x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 170 Watt
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 8923 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 8045 vs 3356
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 8923 vs 3717
  • 2.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 8045 vs 3356
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2021 vs 12 Jan 2021
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt vs 170 Watt
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8923 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8045 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8923 vs 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8045 vs 3356

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

  • Around 85% higher core clock speed: 1320 MHz vs 712 MHz
  • Around 68% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1057 MHz
  • 2.9x more texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
  • Around 75% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2048
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 6831
  • 2.4x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 403
  • Around 74% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 50663
  • Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 299.369 vs 165.993
  • 2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 4021.382 vs 1980.866
  • Around 97% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 28.778 vs 14.641
  • Around 39% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 188.944 vs 135.641
  • Around 55% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1152.664 vs 745.481
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 22495 vs 15760
  • Around 43% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 22495 vs 15760
  • 4.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1961 vs 421
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1320 MHz vs 712 MHz
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1057 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 67.65 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2048
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 6831
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 403
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 vs 50663
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369 vs 165.993
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382 vs 1980.866
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778 vs 14.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944 vs 135.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664 vs 745.481
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495 vs 15760
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495 vs 15760
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961 vs 421

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
6831
17107
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
403
971
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
50663
88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
165.993
299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1980.866
4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
14.641
28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
135.641
188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
745.481
1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15760
22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8923
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8045
3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
15760
22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8923
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8045
3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
421
1961
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
PassMark - G3D Mark 6831 17107
PassMark - G2D Mark 403 971
Geekbench - OpenCL 50663 88251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 165.993 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1980.866 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 14.641 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 135.641 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 745.481 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 15760 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 8923 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 8045 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 15760 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 8923 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 8045 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 421 1961

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA107 GA106
Launch date 2021 12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating 248 134
Type Laptop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $329

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1057 MHz 1777 MHz
Core clock speed 712 MHz 1320 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 67.65 GFLOPS (1:64) 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 4.329 TFLOPS (1:1) 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 4.329 TFLOPS 12.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 2048 3584
Pixel fill rate 42.28 GPixel/s 85.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 67.65 GTexel/s 199.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt 170 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Width IGP 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Form factor Dual-slot
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt

API support

DirectX 12.2 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 4 GB 12 GB
Memory bandwidth 192 GB/s 360 GB/s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 192 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz (12 Gbps effective) 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6