Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3050
  • + Die size (mm²) (+76 mm²)
  • + Base clock (MHz) (+165 MHz)
B GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
  • + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+144 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
  • + Transistors (M) (+3,300M)
  • + Boost clock (MHz) (+82 MHz)
  • + CUDA cores (+1792)
  • + TMUs (+56)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+14)
  • + Tensor cores (+56)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+5.44 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+25.42 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+85.05 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+1.5)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+672)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+3725)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+9740)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+24786)
  • + Geekbench Vulkan (+27754)
  • + Normalized score (+9.4)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
 Component B
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Release year 2021 2021
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 80 W (+5 W)
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors (M) 8,700M 12,000M (+3,300M)
Die size (mm²) 200 mm² (+76 mm²) 276 mm²
Base clock (MHz) 1065 MHz (+165 MHz) 900 MHz
Boost clock (MHz) 1343 MHz 1425 MHz (+82 MHz)
CUDA cores 2,048 3,840 (+1792)
TMUs 64 120 (+56)
ROPs 32 48 (+16)
RT cores 16 30 (+14)
Tensor cores 64 120 (+56)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 5.50 TFLOPS 10.94 TFLOPS (+5.44 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 42.98 GPixel/s 68.40 GPixel/s (+25.42 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 85.95 GTexel/s 171.00 GTexel/s (+85.05 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 17.0 18.5 (+1.5)
PassMark (overall) 11,878 12,550 (+672)
3DMark Time Spy 4,497 8,222 (+3725)
3DMark Fire Strike 11,949 21,689 (+9740)
Geekbench OpenCL 63,465 88,251 (+24786)
Geekbench Vulkan 62,164 89,918 (+27754)
Normalized score 63.1 72.5 (+9.4)

Only in component B

CUDA DLSS

In both

ReBAR

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile Delta
Battlefield 5 93 FPS 110 FPS 18.3% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 170 FPS 170 FPS ≈
Cyberpunk 2077 66 FPS 103 FPS 56.1% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 46 FPS 42 FPS +9.5% (A)
Dota 2 118 FPS 131 FPS 11% (B)
F1 2021 105 FPS 119 FPS 13.3% (B)
F1 22 86 FPS 113 FPS 31.4% (B)
Far Cry 5 68 FPS 112 FPS 64.7% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 44 FPS 55 FPS 25% (B)
Fortnite 110 FPS 140 FPS 27.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 90 FPS 110 FPS 22.2% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 87 FPS 120 FPS 37.9% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 95 FPS 120 FPS 26.3% (B)
Metro Exodus 49 FPS 81 FPS 65.3% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 50 FPS 124 FPS 148% (B)
Returnal 34 FPS 85 FPS 150% (B)
The Witcher 3 81 FPS 142 FPS 75.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 71 FPS 81 FPS 14.1% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 56 FPS 95 FPS 69.6% (B)
Valorant 150 FPS 190 FPS 26.7% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 62 FPS 62 FPS ≈

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile wins 22 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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