GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop vs RTX 3050
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We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile 4 GB with 16 pipelines and 2048 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month newer RTX RTX 3050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs better (up to 29%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 31% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 42 vs 32 FPS
- 28% higher maximum theoretical performance (9.1 vs 7.1 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 25% more shading units (2560 vs 2048)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 75 44 34 21 |
92 53 43 26 |
| The Witcher 3 | 68 53 38 20 |
90 70 49 24 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 115 80 54 23 |
139 101 72 31 |
| Far Cry 6 | 60 52 40 17 |
76 66 49 25 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 37 28 23 12 |
49 38 30 13 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 48 37 27 16 |
59 49 35 22 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 37 28 18 10 |
46 35 28 15 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 36 35 19 - |
48 45 26 11 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 66 62 39 18 |
80 73 49 25 |
| 1080p High | 60 | 75 |
| 1080p Ultra | 47 | 59 |
| 1440p Ultra | 32 | 42 |
| 4K Ultra | 16 | 21 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 4884 | 6235 |
| Solar Bay | 21596 | 30191 |
| Port Royal | 552 | 3546 |
| Fire Strike | 12571 | 15967 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 9400 | 12795 |
| Night Raid | 53685 | 74854 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 88.6 img/sec | 110.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 57.3 img/sec | 64.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.53 Gpixels/sec | 2.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.33 Gpixels/sec | 3.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.55 Gpixels/sec | 2.89 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.76 Gpixels/sec | 0.81 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 256.5 Gpixels/sec | 270.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 7465.5 FPS | 9339.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 493 | 916 |
| DirectX 11 | 71 FPS | 90 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 46 FPS | 59 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 3868 Ops/s | 6415 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-31 (bobschieffer) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 61418 |
| 📘 2026-08-29 (bobschieffer) | Cinebench 2024 | 3654 |
| 📘 2026-08-13 -> Kushagra_Aggarwal | Steel Nomad Light | 5735 |
| 📘 2026-01-26 (rar) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 68364 |
GeForce RTX 3050
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitry | Cinebench 2024 | 4722 |
| 📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitry | Steel Nomad Light | 6237 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 4349 | 4958 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 11416 | 12747 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 8973 | 9816 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 18927 | 22467 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 34631 | 41362 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2269 | 2563 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 3539 | 3721 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 5046 | 5929 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 15772 | 18361 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 75260 | 84665 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop and RTX 3050General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 1, 2021 | January 27, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $249 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Entry-level |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA107 | GA106 |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop | - |
| Recommended CPU | - | - Intel Core i5 12400 or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#93rd place)
Desktop GPU rating (#71st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 712-1530 MHz (configurable) | 1552 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1057-1740 MHz (configurable) | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2048 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 64 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 40 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 16 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | 80 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 16 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 2MB shared | 2MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 42-70 GPixel/s | 57 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 68-111 GTexel/s | 142 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
| TGP | 35-95 W (configurable) | 130 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 8.7 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 43.5 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 12000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.2 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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