NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB 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 3060

  • Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1740 MHz
  • Around 59% higher texture fill rate: 199.0 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
  • Around 56% higher pipelines: 3584 vs 2304
  • 3x more maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 17107 vs 12873
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 971 vs 942
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 88251 vs 49885
Specifications (specs)
Boost clock speed 1777 MHz vs 1740 MHz
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s vs 125.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines 3584 vs 2304
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 vs 12873
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 vs 942
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 vs 49885

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 17% higher core clock speed: 1545 MHz vs 1320 MHz
  • Around 89% lower typical power consumption: 90 Watt vs 170 Watt
Launch date 2022 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed 1545 MHz vs 1320 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt vs 170 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
17107
12873
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
971
942
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
88251
49885
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
PassMark - G3D Mark 17107 12873
PassMark - G2D Mark 971 942
Geekbench - OpenCL 88251 49885
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 299.369
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 4021.382
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 28.778
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 188.944
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1152.664
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 22495
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 1961

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA106 GA107
Launch date 12 Jan 2021 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $329
Place in performance rating 134 88
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1777 MHz 1740 MHz
Core clock speed 1320 MHz 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 199.0 GFLOPS (1:64) 125.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 8.018 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 12.74 TFLOPS 8.018 TFLOPS
Pipelines 3584 2304
Pixel fill rate 85.30 GPixel/s 55.68 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 199.0 GTexel/s 125.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 170 Watt 90 Watt
Transistor count 13250 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
DisplayPort support
HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
Length 242 mm (9.5 inches) 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 450 Watt 250 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin
Width 112 mm (4.4 inches) 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

DirectX 12.2 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.5 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Memory bandwidth 360 GB/s 224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 128 bit
Memory clock speed 1875 MHz (15 Gbps effective) 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6