Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce MX350

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce MX350 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050
  • + Release year (+1)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+136 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+55 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-6 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+5,400M)
  • + CUDA cores (+1408)
  • + TMUs (+32)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.30 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+19.49 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+38.97 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+9060)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+3161)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+7578)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+50353)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+48795)
  • + Normalized score (+32.3)
B GeForce MX350
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+252 MHz)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+68 mm²)
  • + Base clock (MHz) (+289 MHz)
  • + Boost clock (MHz) (+125 MHz)
  • + Energy efficiency (+9.2)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
 Component B
GeForce MX350
Release year 2021 (+1) 2020
VRAM (GB) 4 GB (+2 GB) 2 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 1752 MHz (+252 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 192 GB/s (+136 GB/s) 56 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit (+64 bit) 64 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 75 W (+55 W) 20 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm (-6 nm) 14 nm
Transistors (M) 8,700M (+5,400M) 3,300M
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² 132 mm² (+68 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz 1354 MHz (+289 MHz)
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz 1468 MHz (+125 MHz)
CUDA cores 2,048 (+1408) 640
TMUs 64 (+32) 32
ROPs 32 (+16) 16
RT cores 16 —
Tensor cores 64 —
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS (+4.30 TFLOPS) 1.20 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s (+19.49 GPixel/s) 23.49 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s (+38.97 GTexel/s) 46.98 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 17.0 26.1 (+9.2)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 (+9060) 2,818
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 (+3161) 1,336
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 (+7578) 4,371
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 (+50353) 13,112
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 (+48795) 13,369
Normalized score 63.1 (+32.3) 30.8

Only in component A

ReBAR

Only in component B

CUDA

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce MX350 Delta
Baldur's Gate 3 45 FPS 11 FPS +309.1% (A)
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 37 FPS +151.4% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 66 FPS +157.6% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 16 FPS +312.5% (A)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 6 FPS +666.7% (A)
Dota 2 118 FPS 83 FPS +42.2% (A)
F1 2021 105 FPS 31 FPS +238.7% (A)
F1 22 86 FPS 20 FPS +330% (A)
F1 23 87 FPS 14 FPS +521.4% (A)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 27 FPS +151.9% (A)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 11 FPS +300% (A)
Fortnite 110 FPS 82 FPS +34.1% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 37 FPS +143.2% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 25 FPS +248% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 95 FPS 46 FPS +106.5% (A)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 12 FPS +308.3% (A)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 18 FPS +177.8% (A)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 27 FPS +200% (A)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 21 FPS +238.1% (A)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 8 FPS +600% (A)
Valorant 150 FPS 129 FPS +16.3% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 30 FPS +106.7% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3050 wins 19 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).
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