GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile vs GTX 285M SLI

Place in the ranking	686	235
Place by popularity	not in top-100	45
Power efficiency	1.92	21.99
Architecture	G9x (2007−2010)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N10E-GTX	GA107
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	2 March 2009 (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	256	2048
Core clock speed	576 MHz	712 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1057 MHz
Number of transistors	1508 Million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	67.65
Floating-point processing power	no data	4.329 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	40
TMUs	no data	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	large	large
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x16

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	2 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1020 MHz	1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth	no data	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

no data

No outputs

API compatibility

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

DirectX	10	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.6
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	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.

GTX 285M SLI 4.14

RTX 3050 Mobile 23.65
+471%

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.

GTX 285M SLI 11233

RTX 3050 Mobile 77234
+588%

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	60 −53.3%	92 +53.3%
1440p	8−9 −538%	51 +538%
4K	5−6 −560%	33 +560%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

7−8

−1414%

106
+1414%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −333%	50−55 +333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −2400%	75 +2400%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −680%	75−80 +680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −433%	45−50 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −1086%	83 +1086%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −511%	55−60 +511%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −417%	60−65 +417%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Hitman 3	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −800%	80−85 +800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −464%	60−65 +464%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −400%	80−85 +400%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −333%	50−55 +333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1967%	62 +1967%
Battlefield 5	10−11 −680%	75−80 +680%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −433%	45−50 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −771%	61 +771%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −511%	55−60 +511%
Far Cry New Dawn	12−14 −417%	60−65 +417%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Hitman 3	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −293%	110−120 +293%
Metro Exodus	9−10 −800%	80−85 +800%
Red Dead Redemption 2	10−12 −464%	60−65 +464%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −669%	123 +669%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −219%	50−55 +219%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −133%	100−105 +133%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	12−14 −333%	50−55 +333%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	3−4 −1667%	53 +1667%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	9−10 −433%	45−50 +433%
Cyberpunk 2077	7−8 −771%	61 +771%
Far Cry 5	9−10 −511%	55−60 +511%
Forza Horizon 4	24−27 −460%	140−150 +460%
Hitman 3	10−11 −370%	45−50 +370%
Horizon Zero Dawn	27−30 −282%	107 +282%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	16−18 −563%	106 +563%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −306%	65 +306%
Watch Dogs: Legion	40−45 −65.1%	71 +65.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

10−12

−464%

60−65
+464%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Far Cry New Dawn	6−7 −500%	35−40 +500%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −1400%	30 +1400%
Far Cry 5	5−6 −440%	27−30 +440%
Forza Horizon 4	6−7 −2133%	130−140 +2133%
Hitman 3	9−10 −211%	27−30 +211%
Horizon Zero Dawn	10−11 −680%	78 +680%
Metro Exodus	0−1	69
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	3−4 −867%	27−30 +867%
Watch Dogs: Legion	24−27 −419%	130−140 +419%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

8−9

−388%

35−40
+388%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −667%	21−24 +667%
Far Cry New Dawn	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Hitman 3	0−1	34
Horizon Zero Dawn	1−2 −12100%	120−130 +12100%
Metro Exodus	1−2 −2500%	24−27 +2500%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	3−4 −367%	14−16 +367%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	2−3 −1100%	24 +1100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Cyberpunk 2077	0−1	12
Far Cry 5	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −967%	30−35 +967%
Watch Dogs: Legion	1−2 −1800%	19 +1800%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

5−6

−320%

21−24
+320%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40 +0%	40 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78 +0%	78 +0%

4K
High Preset

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

+0%

This is how GTX 285M SLI and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is 53% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 Mobile is 538% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 Mobile is 560% faster in 4K

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

in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3050 Mobile is 12100% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 3050 Mobile is ahead in 65 tests (94%)
there's a draw in 4 tests (6%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	4.14	23.65
Recency	2 March 2009	11 May 2021
Chip lithography	55 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	75 Watt

RTX 3050 Mobile has a 471.3% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 12 years, a 587.5% more advanced lithography process, and 100% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 285M SLI in performance tests.

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