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 ray_tracing

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).