Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 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
107
67
53
36
n/a
n/a
n/a
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The Witcher 3
115
96
69
37
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
170
126
92
45
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
88
78
63
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
61
50
38
19
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
66
46
31
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
58
46
34
17
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
62
59
32
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
102
91
66
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High93n/a
1080p Ultra75n/a
1440p Ultra55n/a
4K Ultra29n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy8326n/a
Solar Bay37029n/a
Port Royal4708n/a
Fire Strike20182n/a
Night Raid71905n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Background Blur153.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection90 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.1 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.77 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur4.35 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching385.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics12770 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark589n/a
DirectX 11110 fpsn/a
DirectX 1258 fpsn/a
GPU Compute5759 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)537.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase465 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)398.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex1964.8 fpsn/a
ALU 22748.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2256.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2932.7n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA106 (GN20-E3) GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 816-1387 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1283-1703 MHz 1500-2662 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 20
Ray Tracing Cores 30 20
Tensor Cores 120 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 62-82 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 154-204 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 IGP
TGP 60-140 W 35-100 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 300 mm² n/a
Transistor count 13.25 billion n/a
Transistor density 44.17 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.2 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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