NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB

Around 6% higher core clock speed: 1552 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Around 8% higher boost clock speed: 1777 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 18% higher pipelines: 2560 vs 2176
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
Around 42% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 184 Watt
Around 8% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 918 vs 850

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1552 MHz vs 1470 MHz
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Pipelines	2560 vs 2176
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 184 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	918 vs 850

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

Around 58% higher texture fill rate: 224.4 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
Around 27% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15977 vs 12598

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	224.4 GTexel/s vs 142.2 GTexel/s
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	15977 vs 12598

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

918

850

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

12598

15977

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	918	850
PassMark - G3D Mark	12598	15977
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		8026

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Turing
Code name	GA106	TU106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022	7 Dec 2021
Place in performance rating	52	54
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1650 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz	1470 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)	224.4 GFLOPS (1:32)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)	14.36 TFLOPS (2:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS	7.181 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560	2176
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s	79.20 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s	224.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	184 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million	10800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.0, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches	229 mm, 9 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	450 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 8-pin
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	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s	336.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6