Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2060
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3050
- + Release year (+2)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+245 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+128)
B
GeForce RTX 2060
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+144 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
- + Transistors (M) (+2,100M)
- + TMUs (+56)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + RT cores (+14)
- + Tensor cores (+176)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+0.95 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+37.66 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+115.65 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+1.2)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2216)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+1644)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+4382)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+7947)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+3694)
- + Normalized score (+3.3)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2060
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+2) | 2019 |
| VRAM (GB) | 4 GB | 6 GB (+2 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz (+250 MHz) |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 192 GB/s | 336 GB/s (+144 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 192 bit (+64 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 75 W | 115 W (+40 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 8,700M | 10,800M (+2,100M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 200 mm² (+245 mm²) | 445 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | 1065 MHz | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1343 MHz | — |
| CUDA cores | 2,048 (+128) | 1,920 |
| TMUs | 64 | 120 (+56) |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 (+16) |
| RT cores | 16 | 30 (+14) |
| Tensor cores | 64 | 240 (+176) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 5.50 TFLOPS | 6.45 TFLOPS (+0.95 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 42.98 GPixel/s | 80.64 GPixel/s (+37.66 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 85.95 GTexel/s | 201.60 GTexel/s (+115.65 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 17.0 | 18.1 (+1.2) |
| PassMark (overall) | 11,878 | 14,094 (+2216) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,497 | 6,141 (+1644) |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 11,949 | 16,331 (+4382) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 63,465 | 71,412 (+7947) |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 62,164 | 65,858 (+3694) |
| Normalized score | 63.1 | 66.4 (+3.3) |
Only in component A
ReBAR
Only in component B
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 2060 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 93 FPS | 104 FPS | 11.8% (B) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 170 FPS | 150 FPS | +13.3% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 66 FPS | 60 FPS | +10% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 118 FPS | 118 FPS | ≈ |
| F1 2021 | 105 FPS | 126 FPS | 20% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 68 FPS | 96 FPS | 41.2% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 44 FPS | 52 FPS | 18.2% (B) |
| Fortnite | 110 FPS | 162 FPS | 47.3% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90 FPS | 108 FPS | 20% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 87 FPS | 100 FPS | 14.9% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 95 FPS | 95 FPS | ≈ |
| Metro Exodus | 49 FPS | 56 FPS | 14.3% (B) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 50 FPS | 65 FPS | 30% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 81 FPS | 111 FPS | 37% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 71 FPS | 74 FPS | 4.2% (B) |
| Valorant | 150 FPS | 223 FPS | 48.7% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 62 FPS | 56 FPS | +10.7% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 2060 wins 20 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).