Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High8660
1080p Ultra6947
1440p Ultra5032
4K Ultra2816
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy75714880
Solar Bay3417921611
Port Royal4134552
Fire Strike1976812529
Night Raid8491853232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur144.4 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark747486
DirectX 11110 fps73 fps
DirectX 1253 fps46 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase423 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1884.9 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 22192.3 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2405.11731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 15, 2019 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Ampere
Codename TU106 GA107
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 1920 2048
TMUs 120 64
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 30 16
Ray Tracing Cores 30 16
Tensor Cores 240 64
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 160 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 12 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

Results

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