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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
26 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, 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
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
vs
GeForce RTX 3050

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
92
53
45
27
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
89
73
51
28
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
143
100
71
34
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
75
66
51
25
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
49
40
29
14
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
59
50
35
23
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
47
34
25
13
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
49
45
26
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
82
73
52
25
Avg FPS
1080p High13676
1080p Ultra11459
1440p Ultra8543
4K Ultra4822
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Time Spy137016227
Solar Bay6321430015
Port Royal85953542
Fire Strike3761215972
Night Raid11162674372
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur209.1 frames/s110.4 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s64.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.87 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.76 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec270.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps9339.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
G2D Mark1152918
DirectX 11199 fps91 fps
DirectX 1277 fps59 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s6528 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
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 GB206-250 GA106
Price n/a 249

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1777 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 20
Ray Tracing Cores 30 20
Tensor Cores 120 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 120 Gpix/sec 57 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 142 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 145 W 130 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
10 (83.33%)
2 (16.67%)
Total Votes: 12

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