GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile vs RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

Place in the ranking	214	234
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	28.71	36.43
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	GN20-P0-R 6 GB	GA106
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)	2024 (recently)

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	2560	1792
Core clock speed	1237 MHz	1065 MHz
Boost clock speed	1492 MHz	1343 MHz
Number of transistors	no data	12,000 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)	45 Watt
Texture fill rate	no data	75.21
Floating-point processing power	no data	4.813 TFLOPS
ROPs	no data	32
TMUs	no data	56
Tensor Cores	no data	56
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	14

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	medium sized
Interface	no data	PCIe 4.0 x8

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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	96 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	12000 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

Portable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12_2	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	no data	6.7
OpenGL	no data	4.6
OpenCL	no data	3.0
Vulkan	-	1.3
CUDA	-	8.6

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	72 +10.8%	65−70 −10.8%
1440p	36 +20%	30−35 −20%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

81
+8%

75−80

−8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +10%	50−55 −10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +9.3%	75−80 −9.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	64 +6.7%	60−65 −6.7%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +5.5%	55−60 −5.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +8.3%	60−65 −8.3%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +12.3%	130−140 −12.3%
Hitman 3	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +15%	100−105 −15%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +7.5%	80−85 −7.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +8.3%	60−65 −8.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	85−90 +6.3%	80−85 −6.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +8.4%	95−100 −8.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +10%	50−55 −10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Battlefield 5	80−85 +9.3%	75−80 −9.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	46 +15%	40−45 −15%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +5.5%	55−60 −5.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70 +8.3%	60−65 −8.3%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +12.3%	130−140 −12.3%
Hitman 3	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +15%	100−105 −15%
Metro Exodus	85−90 +7.5%	80−85 −7.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	65−70 +8.3%	60−65 −8.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	86 +7.5%	80−85 −7.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50−55 +8%	50−55 −8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +8.4%	95−100 −8.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +10%	50−55 −10%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 +7.5%	40−45 −7.5%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	39 +11.4%	35−40 −11.4%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +5.5%	55−60 −5.5%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +12.3%	130−140 −12.3%
Hitman 3	50−55 +13.3%	45−50 −13.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +15%	100−105 −15%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	76 +8.6%	70−75 −8.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	50 +11.1%	45−50 −11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	100−110 +8.4%	95−100 −8.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

65−70
+8.3%

60−65

−8.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	35−40 +8.6%	35−40 −8.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	24−27 +8.3%	24−27 −8.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 +19%	21−24 −19%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	16−18 +14.3%	14−16 −14.3%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +7.4%	27−30 −7.4%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +10.8%	130−140 −10.8%
Hitman 3	30−33 +11.1%	27−30 −11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	50−55 +15.6%	45−50 −15.6%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +6.7%	45−50 −6.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	57 +14%	50−55 −14%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	37 +5.7%	35−40 −5.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +8.5%	130−140 −8.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

40−45
+20%

35−40

−20%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +19%	21−24 −19%
Far Cry New Dawn	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Hitman 3	20−22 +11.1%	18−20 −11.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +7.5%	120−130 −7.5%
Metro Exodus	27−30 +16.7%	24−27 −16.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	27−30 +12.5%	24−27 −12.5%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	14−16 +7.1%	14−16 −7.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	12−14 +8.3%	12−14 −8.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6−7 +20%	5−6 −20%
Far Cry 5	14−16 +16.7%	12−14 −16.7%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +13.3%	30−33 −13.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	30−35 +14.8%	27−30 −14.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	10−12 +10%	10−11 −10%