NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

2.1x more core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 735 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Around 78% higher texture fill rate: 142.2 GTexel/s vs 79.68 GTexel/s
Around 25% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2048
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 918 vs 480
Around 62% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 12598 vs 7753

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 735 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1245 MHz
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s vs 79.68 GTexel/s
Pipelines	2560 vs 2048
Maximum memory size	8 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	918 vs 480
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598 vs 7753

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

4.3x lower typical power consumption: 30 Watt vs 130 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	30 Watt vs 130 Watt

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

480

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12598

7753

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	480
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598	7753
Geekbench - OpenCL		43499
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		274

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA107
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	17 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	52	348
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1245 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	735 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	159.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)	10.20 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS	5.100 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2048
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s	39.84 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	79.68 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	30 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	None
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	113 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		35 mm, 1.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	4 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	112.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	64 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6