Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
110
67
60
39
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High10060
1080p Ultra8047
1440p Ultra5832
4K Ultra3216
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy87484880
Solar Bay4096421611
Port Royal5142552
Fire Strike2230812529
Night Raid9883153232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur149.6 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark961486
DirectX 11128 fps73 fps
DirectX 1269 fps46 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase492.3 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex1940.6 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 22862.2 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation2965.41731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ampere
Codename GA106 GA107
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 3584 2048
TMUs 112 64
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 28 16
Ray Tracing Cores 28 16
Tensor Cores 112 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 170 W 35-95 W
Process Samsung Samsung
Process tech. 8 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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 8.6 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2

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