GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs GTS 350M

Place in the ranking	1085	210
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	2.60	28.96
Architecture	Tesla 2.0 (2007−2013)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GT215	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 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	96	2560
Core clock speed	500 MHz	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	16.00	no data
Floating-point processing power	0.24 TFLOPS	no data
Gigaflops	360	no data
ROPs	8	no data
TMUs	32	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	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	no data
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	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	GDDR3	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	51.2 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	DisplayPortLVDSHDMIDual Link DVISingle Link DVIVGA	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	2.1	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	3−4 −2333%	73 +2333%
1440p	1−2 −3600%	37 +3600%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

3−4

−2600%

81
+2600%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −2033%	64 +2033%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5700%	55−60 +5700%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3150%	65−70 +3150%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	140−150
Hitman 3	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −785%	110−120 +785%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1114%	85−90 +1114%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −222%	100−110 +222%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1433%	46 +1433%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5700%	55−60 +5700%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −3150%	65−70 +3150%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	140−150
Hitman 3	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −785%	110−120 +785%
Red Dead Redemption 2	1−2 −6400%	65−70 +6400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −1129%	86 +1129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −391%	50−55 +391%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −222%	100−110 +222%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	5−6 −1000%	55−60 +1000%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	4−5 −1175%	50−55 +1175%
Cyberpunk 2077	3−4 −1200%	39 +1200%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −5700%	55−60 +5700%
Forza Horizon 4	0−1	140−150
Hitman 3	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Horizon Zero Dawn	12−14 −785%	110−120 +785%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	7−8 −986%	76 +986%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	10−12 −355%	50 +355%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −222%	100−110 +222%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

1−2

−6400%

65−70
+6400%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	1−2 −4700%	45−50 +4700%
Far Cry New Dawn	1−2 −3700%	35−40 +3700%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2500%	24−27 +2500%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −1500%	16−18 +1500%
Far Cry 5	1−2 −2800%	27−30 +2800%
Hitman 3	7−8 −329%	30−33 +329%
Horizon Zero Dawn	4−5 −1200%	50−55 +1200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	0−1	37
Watch Dogs: Legion	4−5 −3425%	140−150 +3425%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−950%

40−45
+950%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

0−1

20−22

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −1400%	14−16 +1400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	0−1	12−14
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	14−16
Far Cry 5	0−1	14−16

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%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +0%	80−85 +0%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

40−45

+0%

40−45

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	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%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +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

Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +0%	6−7 +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%

This is how GTS 350M and RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 2333% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 3600% faster in 1440p

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

in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is 6400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is ahead in 43 tests (67%)
there's a draw in 21 test (33%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.05	25.09
Recency	7 January 2010	6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	28 Watt	60 Watt

GTS 350M has 114.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has a 2289.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 350M in performance tests.

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