Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce 940M
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce 940M — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3050
- + Release year (+6)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+600 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+178 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + Lithography (nm) (-20 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+6,830M)
- + Base clock (MHz) (+45 MHz)
- + Boost clock (MHz) (+245 MHz)
- + CUDA cores (+1664)
- + TMUs (+40)
- + ROPs (+24)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.60 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+25.41 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+50.81 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+10.6)
- + PassMark (overall) (+10745)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10327)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+57440)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+57615)
- + Normalized score (+56.9)
B
GeForce 940M
- + Die size (mm²) (+52 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
|
Component B
GeForce 940M
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+6) | 2015 |
| VRAM (GB) | 4 GB (+2 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | DDR3 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz (+600 MHz) | 900 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 192 GB/s (+178 GB/s) | 14 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit (+64 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 75 W | 75 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-20 nm) | 28 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 8,700M (+6,830M) | 1,870M |
| Die size (mm²) | 200 mm² | 148 mm² (+52 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | 1065 MHz (+45 MHz) | 1020 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1343 MHz (+245 MHz) | 1098 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 2,048 (+1664) | 384 |
| TMUs | 64 (+40) | 24 |
| ROPs | 32 (+24) | 8 |
| RT cores | 16 | — |
| Tensor cores | 64 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 5.50 TFLOPS (+4.60 TFLOPS) | 0.90 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 42.98 GPixel/s (+25.41 GPixel/s) | 17.57 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 85.95 GTexel/s (+50.81 GTexel/s) | 35.14 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 17.0 (+10.6) | 6.4 |
| PassMark (overall) | 11,878 (+10745) | 1,133 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,497 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 11,949 (+10327) | 1,622 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 63,465 (+57440) | 6,025 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 62,164 (+57615) | 4,549 |
| Normalized score | 63.1 (+56.9) | 6.2 |
Only in component A
ReBAR
Only in component B
CUDA
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce 940M | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 93 FPS | 17 FPS | +447.1% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 9 FPS | +1788.9% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 66 FPS | 5 FPS | +1220% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 118 FPS | 49 FPS | +140.8% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 68 FPS | 11 FPS | +518.2% (A) |
| Fortnite | 110 FPS | 36 FPS | +205.6% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90 FPS | 14 FPS | +542.9% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 87 FPS | 6 FPS | +1350% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 95 FPS | 14 FPS | +578.6% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 49 FPS | 2 FPS | +2350% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 50 FPS | 3 FPS | +1566.7% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 81 FPS | 10 FPS | +710% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 71 FPS | 10 FPS | +610% (A) |
| Valorant | 150 FPS | 40 FPS | +275% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3050 wins 21 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).