NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile sales 6 January 2023. This is a laptop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamers. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 12 GHz are supplied.

Power consumption is at 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP).

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	217
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.96	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2023 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2560	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Laptop size

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VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	96 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	12000 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Shared memory	-

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX

12_2

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile. 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.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 25.18

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 17421

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 11960

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 72486

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 500518

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 4661

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	69
1440p	37

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	81
Elden Ring	80−85

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80
Counter-Strike 2	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	32
Forza Horizon 4	105
Metro Exodus	65−70
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
Valorant	100−110

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80
Counter-Strike 2	40
Cyberpunk 2077	23
Dota 2	61
Elden Ring	80−85
Far Cry 5	97
Fortnite	120−130
Forza Horizon 4	86
Grand Theft Auto V	91
Metro Exodus	65−70
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160
Red Dead Redemption 2	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85
Valorant	100−110
World of Tanks	250−260

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80
Counter-Strike 2	45−50
Cyberpunk 2077	19
Dota 2	85−90
Far Cry 5	75−80
Forza Horizon 4	76
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	150−160
Valorant	100−110

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	40
Elden Ring	40−45
Grand Theft Auto V	40
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Red Dead Redemption 2	21−24
World of Tanks	160−170

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55
Counter-Strike 2	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	21−24
Far Cry 5	70−75
Forza Horizon 4	57
Metro Exodus	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37
Valorant	65−70

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	21−24
Dota 2	40−45
Elden Ring	20−22
Grand Theft Auto V	40−45
Metro Exodus	18−20
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	75−80
Red Dead Redemption 2	16−18
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	40−45

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27
Counter-Strike 2	21−24
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9
Dota 2	40−45
Far Cry 5	30−35
Fortnite	30−35
Forza Horizon 4	35−40
Valorant	30−35

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook graphics cards.

GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q 105.44

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 104.61

GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q 100.75

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 100

Radeon RX 6550M 99.56

GeForce GTX 980M SLI 97.97

Arc A550M 97.54

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is Radeon RX 6550M, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.