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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

49 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
26 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
GeForce RTX 3050

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High15476
1080p Ultra12959
1440p Ultra9843
4K Ultra5722
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy159576227
Solar Bay7441730015
Port Royal101463542
Fire Strike4238515972
Night Raid14118574372
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur243.1 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1200918
DirectX 11217 fps91 fps
DirectX 1286 fps59 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a393.8 fps
Car Chasen/a361.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a294.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1381.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1974.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a286.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2081.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 27, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA106
Price n/a 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 20
Ray Tracing Cores 36 20
Tensor Cores 144 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 180 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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