NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

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
2x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 4 GB
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 970 vs 942
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 15339 vs 12873

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	8 GB vs 4 GB
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	970 vs 942
PassMark - G3D Mark	15339 vs 12873

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 4 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 Oct 2022
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 8 GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

970

942

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

15339

12873

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	1578
PassMark - G2D Mark	970	942
PassMark - G3D Mark	15339	12873
Geekbench - OpenCL		49866

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
Code name	GA106	GA107
Launch date	12 Oct 2022	2022
Place in performance rating	74	76
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz	1740 MHz
Core clock speed	1320 MHz	1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
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	12000 million
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
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	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 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	240.0 GB/s	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 15 Gbps effective	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6