Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3050
- + Release year (+3)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+245 mm²)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+0.04 TFLOPS)
B
GeForce RTX 2070
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+256 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
- + Transistors (M) (+2,100M)
- + CUDA cores (+256)
- + TMUs (+80)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+20)
- + Tensor cores (+224)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+60.72 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+147.35 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+0.1)
- + PassMark (overall) (+4185)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+2164)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+11237)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+24972)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+21244)
- + Normalized score (+7.4)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+3) | 2018 |
| VRAM (GB) | 4 GB | 8 GB (+4 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 192 GB/s | 448 GB/s (+256 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 256 bit (+128 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 75 W | 80 W (+5 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 | 2,304 (+256) |
| TMUs | 64 | 144 (+80) |
| ROPs | 32 | 64 (+32) |
| RT cores | 16 | 36 (+20) |
| Tensor cores | 64 | 288 (+224) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 5.50 TFLOPS (+0.04 TFLOPS) | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 42.98 GPixel/s | 103.70 GPixel/s (+60.72 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 85.95 GTexel/s | 233.30 GTexel/s (+147.35 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 17.0 | 17.0 (+0.1) |
| PassMark (overall) | 11,878 | 16,063 (+4185) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,497 | 6,661 (+2164) |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 11,949 | 23,186 (+11237) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 63,465 | 88,437 (+24972) |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 62,164 | 83,408 (+21244) |
| Normalized score | 63.1 | 70.5 (+7.4) |
Only in component A
ReBAR
Only in component B
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 2070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 93 FPS | 92 FPS | +1.1% (A) |
| 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 | 127 FPS | 7.6% (B) |
| F1 2021 | 105 FPS | 139 FPS | 32.4% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 68 FPS | 103 FPS | 51.5% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 44 FPS | 77 FPS | 75% (B) |
| Fortnite | 110 FPS | 122 FPS | 10.9% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 90 FPS | 121 FPS | 34.4% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 87 FPS | 85 FPS | +2.4% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 95 FPS | 127 FPS | 33.7% (B) |
| Metro Exodus | 49 FPS | 61 FPS | 24.5% (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 | 122 FPS | 50.6% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 71 FPS | 116 FPS | 63.4% (B) |
| Valorant | 150 FPS | 180 FPS | 20% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 62 FPS | 72 FPS | 16.1% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 2070 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).