GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs 3050 Ti Laptop

We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 4 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

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
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

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3050 Ti Mobile over RTX 3060 Mobile
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
  • Performs significantly better (up to 43%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 45% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 55 vs 38 FPS
  • 51% higher maximum theoretical performance (13.1 vs 8.7 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory
  • Has 75% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 192 GB/s
  • Features 40 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Achieves 45% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (94K vs 65K)
  • Has 50% more shading units (3840 vs 2560)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
108
64
55
37
85
49
41
25
The Witcher 3
120
95
68
35
79
62
42
20
Counter-Strike 2
173
125
89
44
128
89
65
26
Far Cry 6
88
78
64
34
67
58
46
22
Hogwarts Legacy
62
51
36
18
40
36
25
13
CoD: Modern Warfare III
76
69
49
30
53
42
28
21
Ghost of Tsushima
58
45
33
21
38
30
22
12
Cyberpunk 2077
63
56
35
16
44
40
24
10
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
101
94
66
32
74
68
47
23
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 94 68
1080p Ultra 75 53
1440p Ultra 55 38
4K Ultra 30 19
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Time Spy 8318 5386
Solar Bay 36291 24115
Port Royal 4708 569
Fire Strike 20181 13504
Wild Life Extreme 16477 10240
Night Raid 72311 56676
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
Background Blur 153.5 img/sec 107.9 img/sec
Face Detection 90 img/sec 62.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.1 Gpixels/sec 2.75 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.77 Gpixels/sec 3.61 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.35 Gpixels/sec 2.89 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.01 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 385.9 Gpixels/sec 275.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 12770 FPS 8303.3 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
G2D Mark 586 499
DirectX 11 109 FPS 75 FPS
DirectX 12 58 FPS 49 FPS
GPU Compute 5621 Ops/s 4319 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]21345 & 11100 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
2328.43
Sources: Blender [9], [10]3143 & 753 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss)GeekBench95620
📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss)GeekBench95620
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
No benchmark results yet

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 6257 4716
Image Segmentation (HP) 16583 12032
Image Super Resolution (Q) 12510 9965
Face Detection (HP) 29528 20723
Pose Estimation (Q) 51349 41186
Text Classification (SP) 2685 2133
Machine Translation (HP) 3939 3449
Object Detection (SP) 7206 5585
Depth Estimation (Q) 24343 19119
Style Transfer (SP) 113151 86331
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and 3050 Ti Laptop

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 12, 2021 January 1, 2021
Case Laptop Laptop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Ampere
GPU Codename GA106 (GN20-E3) GA107 (GN20-P1)
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 6600M - Radeon RX 6500M
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12500H or above - Intel Core i7 12700H or above
Laptop GPU ranking (64th and 85th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 816-1387 MHz (configurable) 735-1463 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 1283-1703 MHz (configurable) 1035-1695 MHz (configurable)
Shading Units 3840 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 120 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 30 20
Tensor Cores 120 80
Ray-tracing Cores 30 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 3MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 62-82 GPixel/s 50-81 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 154-204 GTexel/s 83-136 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
9.9-13.1 TFLOPS
5.3-8.7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 60-140 W (configurable) 35-95 W (configurable)
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Fabrication Process 8 nm 8 nm
Die Size 300 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor Count 13.25 billion 12 billion
Transistor Density 44.17 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 6 GB 4 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 Mbps 12000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 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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