Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 5050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3050
- + Normalized score (+21.8)
B
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+128 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-5 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+8,200M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+51 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+512)
- + TMUs (+16)
- + RT cores (+4)
- + Tensor cores (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+7.67 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+39.32 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+119.85 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+7.3)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2189)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3050
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2025 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 4 GB | 8 GB (+4 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1500 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 192 GB/s | 320 GB/s (+128 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 75 W | 115 W (+40 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 3 nm (-5 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 8,700M | 16,900M (+8,200M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 200 mm² | 149 mm² (+51 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | 1065 MHz | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1343 MHz | — |
| CUDA cores | 2,048 | 2,560 (+512) |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 (+16) |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| RT cores | 16 | 20 (+4) |
| Tensor cores | 64 | 80 (+16) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 5.50 TFLOPS | 13.17 TFLOPS (+7.67 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 42.98 GPixel/s | 82.30 GPixel/s (+39.32 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 85.95 GTexel/s | 205.80 GTexel/s (+119.85 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 17.0 | 24.3 (+7.3) |
| PassMark (overall) | 11,878 | 14,067 (+2189) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,497 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 11,949 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 63,465 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 62,164 | — |
| Normalized score | 63.1 (+21.8) | 41.3 |
Only in component B
CUDA
DLSS
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In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 5050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5050 wins 16 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).