NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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, 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 14% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Around 13% higher boost clock speed: 1740 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
2.8x lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 250 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 942 vs 931

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2022 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed	1545 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	942 vs 931

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 68% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 21679 vs 12873
2.8x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 137055 vs 49787

Specifications (specs)
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	21679 vs 12873
Geekbench - OpenCL	137055 vs 49787

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

931

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12873

21679

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

49787

137055

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	931
PassMark - G3D Mark	12873	21679
Geekbench - OpenCL	49787	137055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		14582

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA107	TU102
Launch date	2022	20 September 2018
Place in performance rating	85	86
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$1,279.99
Value for money (0-100)		17.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1740 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	1545 MHz	1350 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2304
Pixel fill rate	55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	90 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count		18,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
DisplayPort support
HDMI
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
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	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6