GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs 310M

Place in the ranking	1325	214
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	1.52	28.71
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (14 years ago)	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16	2560
Core clock speed	606 MHz	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	4.848	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.04896 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	73	no data
ROPs	4	no data
TMUs	8	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	no data	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16	no data
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	Up to 1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	no data
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	DisplayPortHDMIVGADual Link DVISingle Link DVI	no data
Multi monitor support	+	no data
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12_2
Shader Model	4.1	no data
OpenGL	3.3	no data
OpenCL	1.1	no data
Vulkan	N/A	-
CUDA	+	-

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	0−1	72
1440p	-0−1	36

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

2−3

−3950%

81
+3950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2450%	50−55 +2450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3100%	64 +3100%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1338%	110−120 +1338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2025%	85−90 +2025%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −268%	100−110 +268%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2450%	50−55 +2450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2200%	46 +2200%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1338%	110−120 +1338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −2050%	86 +2050%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −500%	50−55 +500%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −268%	100−110 +268%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −1733%	55−60 +1733%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −2450%	50−55 +2450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1850%	39 +1850%
Hitman 3	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Horizon Zero Dawn	8−9 −1338%	110−120 +1338%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	4−5 −1800%	76 +1800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	9−10 −456%	50 +456%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 −268%	100−110 +268%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	16−18
Hitman 3	6−7 −400%	30−33 +400%
Horizon Zero Dawn	2−3 −2500%	50−55 +2500%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−2000%

40−45
+2000%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	12−14

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

2−3

−1000%

21−24
+1000%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70

+0%

65−70

+0%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	57 +0%	57 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +0%	37 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Hitman 3	20−22 +0%	20−22 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +0%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +0%	10−12 +0%

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 1080p resolution and the Low Preset, the RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 3950% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is ahead in 29 tests (41%)
there's a draw in 41 test (59%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	25.13
Recency	10 January 2010	6 January 2023
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	60 Watt

GeForce 310M has 328.6% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 8006.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce 310M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.