RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile with RTX 4000 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
2023
6 GB GDDR6, 60 Watt
25.09

RTX 4000 Ada Generation outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by a whopping 156% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking21229
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency29.1534.43
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGN20-P0-R 6 GBAD104
Market segmentLaptopWorkstation
Release date6 January 2023 (1 year ago)9 August 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 cores25606144
Core clock speed1237 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1492 MHz2175 MHz
Number of transistorsno data35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)130 Watt
Texture fill rateno data417.6
Floating-point processing powerno data26.73 TFLOPS
ROPsno data80
TMUsno data192
Tensor Coresno data192
Ray Tracing Coresno data48

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data245 mm
Widthno data1-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

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 amount6 GB20 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data360.0 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 Connectorsno data4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a

API compatibility

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

DirectX12_212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.3
CUDA-8.9

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 HD75
−153%
190−200
+153%
1440p34
−150%
85−90
+150%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 81
−147%
200−210
+147%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
−155%
140−150
+155%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−156%
110−120
+156%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−144%
200−210
+144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−155%
130−140
+155%
Cyberpunk 2077 64
−150%
160−170
+150%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−141%
140−150
+141%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−146%
160−170
+146%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−140%
350−400
+140%
Hitman 3 50−55
−155%
130−140
+155%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
−152%
290−300
+152%
Metro Exodus 85−90
−156%
220−230
+156%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−146%
160−170
+146%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 85−90
−147%
210−220
+147%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
−152%
260−270
+152%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
−155%
140−150
+155%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−156%
110−120
+156%
Battlefield 5 80−85
−144%
200−210
+144%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−155%
130−140
+155%
Cyberpunk 2077 46
−139%
110−120
+139%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−141%
140−150
+141%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−146%
160−170
+146%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−140%
350−400
+140%
Hitman 3 50−55
−155%
130−140
+155%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
−152%
290−300
+152%
Metro Exodus 85−90
−156%
220−230
+156%
Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−146%
160−170
+146%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 86
−156%
220−230
+156%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50−55
−141%
130−140
+141%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
−152%
260−270
+152%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
−155%
140−150
+155%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 40−45
−156%
110−120
+156%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−155%
130−140
+155%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
−144%
95−100
+144%
Far Cry 5 55−60
−141%
140−150
+141%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−140%
350−400
+140%
Hitman 3 50−55
−155%
130−140
+155%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
−152%
290−300
+152%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 76
−150%
190−200
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50
−140%
120−130
+140%
Watch Dogs: Legion 100−110
−152%
260−270
+152%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 65−70
−146%
160−170
+146%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 45−50
−150%
120−130
+150%
Far Cry New Dawn 35−40
−150%
95−100
+150%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 24−27
−150%
65−70
+150%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 24−27
−140%
60−65
+140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 27−30
−150%
70−75
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 16−18
−150%
40−45
+150%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−141%
70−75
+141%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−143%
350−400
+143%
Hitman 3 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 50−55
−150%
130−140
+150%
Metro Exodus 45−50
−150%
120−130
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 57
−146%
140−150
+146%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 37
−143%
90−95
+143%
Watch Dogs: Legion 140−150
−148%
350−400
+148%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 40−45
−138%
100−105
+138%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 24−27
−140%
60−65
+140%
Far Cry New Dawn 20−22
−150%
50−55
+150%
Hitman 3 20−22
−150%
50−55
+150%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120−130
−133%
300−310
+133%
Metro Exodus 27−30
−150%
70−75
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
−141%
65−70
+141%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 14−16
−133%
35−40
+133%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 12−14
−131%
30−33
+131%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
Cyberpunk 2077 6−7
−133%
14−16
+133%
Far Cry 5 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
Forza Horizon 4 30−35
−150%
85−90
+150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 30−35
−142%
75−80
+142%
Watch Dogs: Legion 10−12
−145%
27−30
+145%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 21−24
−150%
55−60
+150%

This is how RTX 3050 6GB Mobile and RTX 4000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 153% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 150% faster in 1440p

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 25.09 64.22
Recency 6 January 2023 9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 20 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 130 Watt

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile has 116.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4000 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 156% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, a 233.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook card while RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


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