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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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
161
104
94
72
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High15560
1080p Ultra13047
1440p Ultra9832
4K Ultra5816
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy158834880
Solar Bay7567921611
Port Royal10187552
Fire Strike4267012529
Night Raid14778553232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blurn/a88.6 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a7465.5 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark1200486
DirectX 11217 fps73 fps
DirectX 1286 fps46 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a360.1 fps
Car Chasen/a318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a261.5 fps
T-Rexn/a1272.8 fps
ALU 2n/a1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a257.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1731.1

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2048
TMUs 144 64
ROPs 48 40
Execution Units 36 16
Ray Tracing Cores 36 16
Tensor Cores 144 64
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 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 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 200 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 43.5 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 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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 (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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