Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
161
104
94
72
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High15576
1080p Ultra13059
1440p Ultra9843
4K Ultra5822
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy158836227
Solar Bay7567930015
Port Royal101873542
Fire Strike4267015972
Night Raid14778574372
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blurn/a110.4 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a9339.7 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1200918
DirectX 11217 fps91 fps
DirectX 1286 fps59 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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 (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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