GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated210
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data28.96
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date12 October 2022 (2 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 cores46082560
Core clock speed1350 MHz1237 MHz
Boost clock speed1635 MHz1492 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate470.9no data
Floating-point processing power15.07 TFLOPSno data
ROPs96no data
TMUs288no data
Tensor Cores576no data
Ray Tracing Cores72no 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 sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16no data
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pinno 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB6 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit96 Bit
Memory clock speed2000 MHz12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth768.0 GB/sno 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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-Cno data
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12_2
Shader Model6.8no data
OpenGL4.6no data
OpenCL3.0no data
Vulkan1.3-
CUDA7.5-

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 October 2022 6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 6 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 60 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 months, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 316.7% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
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