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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 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
159
104
97
69
84
47
41
25
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
75
59
40
21
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
123
87
61
27
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
65
60
45
20
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
40
34
27
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
53
45
31
20
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
39
28
22
11
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
41
39
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
71
68
44
22
Avg FPS
1080p High15466
1080p Ultra12952
1440p Ultra9837
4K Ultra5719
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
5608
Time Spy159575368
Solar Bay7441724168
Port Royal10146571
Fire Strike4238513483
Night Raid14118555763
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
65121
Background Blur243.1 frames/s107.9 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s62.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec2.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec3.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec275.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps8303.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
10120
G2D Mark1200497
DirectX 11217 fps76 fps
DirectX 1286 fps49 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s4323 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
66 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a362.7 fps
Car Chasen/a340.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a277 fps
T-Rexn/a1375.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1870.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2008
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
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

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA107 (GN20-P1)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 735-1463 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1035-1695 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 48 48
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 50-81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 83-136 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 5.3-8.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 35-95 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 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
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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