GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs 310M

Place in the ranking	1327	237
Place by popularity	not in top-100	38
Power efficiency	1.52	21.78
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GT218	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	10 January 2010 (15 years ago)	11 May 2021 (3 years 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	2048
Core clock speed	606 MHz	712 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1057 MHz
Number of transistors	260 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	4.848	67.65
Floating-point processing power	0.04896 TFLOPS	4.329 TFLOPS
Gigaflops	73	no data
ROPs	4	40
TMUs	8	64
Tensor Cores	no data	64
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	16

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	PCIe 4.0 x16
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	4 GB
Memory bus width	64 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 800 (DDR3), Up to 800 (GDDR3) MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	10.67 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
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 outputs
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 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	3.3	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GeForce 310M 0.31

RTX 3050 Mobile 23.73
+7555%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GeForce 310M 118

RTX 3050 Mobile 9122
+7631%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

GeForce 310M 1123

RTX 3050 Mobile 77234
+6777%

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	1−2 −9200%	93 +9200%
1440p	0−1	52
4K	-0−1	33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −5200%	106 +5200%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −3550%	73 +3550%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −3020%	156 +3020%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%

Full HD
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2700%	56 +2700%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −2067%	130 +2067%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2360%	123 +2360%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −2433%	150−160 +2433%
Red Dead Redemption 2	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	5−6 −1420%	75−80 +1420%
World of Tanks	12−14 −1838%	250−260 +1838%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	8−9 −450%	40−45 +450%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −2450%	51 +2450%
Far Cry 5	6−7 −1133%	70−75 +1133%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2020%	106 +2020%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	6−7 −2433%	150−160 +2433%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS

2−3

−8600%

170−180
+8600%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −122%	20−22 +122%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1300%	28 +1300%
Far Cry 5	4−5 −1600%	65−70 +1600%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
Valorant	5−6 −1160%	60−65 +1160%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	14−16 −280%	57 +280%
Grand Theft Auto V	14−16 −280%	57 +280%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	1−2 −7100%	70−75 +7100%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	14−16 −280%	57 +280%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	0−1	24−27
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1100%	12 +1100%
Dota 2	14−16 −520%	93 +520%
Valorant	1−2 −2900%	30−33 +2900%

Full HD
Low Preset

Elden Ring

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Metro Exodus	110 +0%	110 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Dota 2	142 +0%	142 +0%
Elden Ring	123 +0%	123 +0%
Fortnite	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	128 +0%	128 +0%
Metro Exodus	74 +0%	74 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Dota 2	155 +0%	155 +0%
Valorant	95−100 +0%	95−100 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	57 +0%	57 +0%
Elden Ring	66 +0%	66 +0%
Grand Theft Auto V	57 +0%	57 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
World of Tanks	150−160 +0%	150−160 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	78 +0%	78 +0%
Metro Exodus	69 +0%	69 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Elden Ring	33 +0%	33 +0%
Metro Exodus	23 +0%	23 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	14−16 +0%	14−16 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Fortnite	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	45 +0%	45 +0%

This is how GeForce 310M and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is 9200% faster in 1080p

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

in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1440p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 8600% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is ahead in 32 tests (52%)
there's a draw in 30 tests (48%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.31	23.73
Recency	10 January 2010	11 May 2021
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	14 Watt	75 Watt

GeForce 310M has 435.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 7554.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 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.