GeForce RTX 5050 vs RTX 3060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
GB207-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
GA106
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5050 8 GB with 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders against the 4 years and 6 months older RTX RTX 3060 12 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5050
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 12% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 67 vs 60 FPS
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Features 32 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 40% more shading units (3584 vs 2560)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 121 78 67 46 |
112 68 60 39 |
| The Witcher 3 | 137 110 79 42 |
122 100 74 39 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 198 146 106 55 |
181 137 99 48 |
| Far Cry 6 | 104 93 74 41 |
95 85 67 37 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 74 63 44 23 |
65 57 40 18 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 92 84 61 39 |
80 74 53 31 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 74 58 43 25 |
62 50 37 20 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 79 70 44 21 |
68 64 38 16 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 125 113 82 43 |
109 98 70 36 |
| 1080p High | 112 | 99 |
| 1080p Ultra | 91 | 81 |
| 1440p Ultra | 67 | 60 |
| 4K Ultra | 37 | 32 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 10200 | 8754 |
| Solar Bay | 47171 | 41158 |
| Port Royal | 6181 | 5145 |
| Fire Strike | 28750 | 22304 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 19017 | 17728 |
| Night Raid | 111186 | 97159 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 129.6 img/sec | 149.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 94.6 img/sec | 91 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.45 Gpixels/sec | 4.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 4.41 Gpixels/sec | 5.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 4.43 Gpixels/sec | 3.92 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.16 Gpixels/sec | 1.01 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 434.1 Gpixels/sec | 372.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 13990.8 FPS | 12226.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1052 | 965 |
| DirectX 11 | 152 FPS | 127 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 65 FPS | 68 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 8407 Ops/s | 8231 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5050
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-25 (Sohail) | Cinebench 2024 | 34368 |
| 📘 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino) | Cinebench 2024 | 39492 |
GeForce RTX 3060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-07 (tach) | Cinebench 2024 | 7952 |
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) | 7103 | 6645 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 22390 | 15338 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 17642 | 14283 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40054 | 28862 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 66253 | 61313 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3436 | 2463 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5705 | 3793 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 8910 | 7712 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 31732 | 25461 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 107993 | 123233 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5050 and RTX 3060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | June 24, 2025 | January 12, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 | $329 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GB207-300 | GA106 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (55th and 58th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2317 MHz | 1320 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2572 MHz | 1777 MHz |
| Shading Units | 2560 | 3584 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 80 | 112 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 32 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 20 | 28 |
| Tensor Cores | 80 | 112 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 20 | 28 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 3MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 82 GPixel/s | 85 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 206 GTexel/s | 199 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130 W | 170 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 149 mm² | 276 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 16.9 billion | 12 billion |
| Transistor Density | 113.42 MTr/mm² | 43.48 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 87°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 20000 Mbps | 15000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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