Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 5050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+16 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + CUDA cores (+1280)
- + TMUs (+40)
- + ROPs (+16)
- + RT cores (+10)
- + Tensor cores (+40)
- + Normalized score (+31.2)
B
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+2 GB)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-5 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+4,900M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+127 mm²)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+2.23 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+13.90 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+34.80 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+5.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+1517)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 | 2025 (+4) |
| VRAM (GB) | 6 GB | 8 GB (+2 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 336 GB/s (+16 GB/s) | 320 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit (+64 bit) | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 80 W | 115 W (+35 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm | 3 nm (-5 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 12,000M | 16,900M (+4,900M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 276 mm² | 149 mm² (+127 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | 900 MHz | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | 1425 MHz | — |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 (+1280) | 2,560 |
| TMUs | 120 (+40) | 80 |
| ROPs | 48 (+16) | 32 |
| RT cores | 30 (+10) | 20 |
| Tensor cores | 120 (+40) | 80 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 10.94 TFLOPS | 13.17 TFLOPS (+2.23 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 68.40 GPixel/s | 82.30 GPixel/s (+13.90 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 171.00 GTexel/s | 205.80 GTexel/s (+34.80 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 18.5 | 24.3 (+5.8) |
| PassMark (overall) | 12,550 | 14,067 (+1517) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 8,222 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 21,689 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 88,251 | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 89,918 | — |
| Normalized score | 72.5 (+31.2) | 41.3 |
Only in component B
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile | 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 11 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).