GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs RTX 3060 Mobile

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 3060 Mobile
2021
6 GB GDDR6, 80 Watt
32.53
+74.4%

RTX 3060 Mobile outperforms RTX 2050 Mobile by an impressive 74% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking166294
Place by popularity9017
Power efficiency28.1528.69
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)17 December 2021 (2 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 cores38402048
Core clock speed900 MHz1185 MHz
Boost clock speed1425 MHz1477 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate171.094.53
Floating-point processing power10.94 TFLOPS6.05 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs12064
Tensor Cores120256
Ray Tracing Cores3032

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 sizelargelarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s112.0 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 outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI 2.1, 2x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+
G-SYNC support-+

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Readyno data+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.6
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.6

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.

RTX 3060 Mobile 32.53
+74.4%
RTX 2050 Mobile 18.65

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 3060 Mobile 27419
+122%
RTX 2050 Mobile 12340

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.

RTX 3060 Mobile 57333
+22.5%
RTX 2050 Mobile 46821

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 3060 Mobile 20609
+130%
RTX 2050 Mobile 8946

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 3060 Mobile 104826
+79.9%
RTX 2050 Mobile 58257

3DMark Time Spy Graphics

RTX 3060 Mobile 8222
+157%
RTX 2050 Mobile 3199

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 HD98
+128%
43
−128%
1440p66
+83.3%
36
−83.3%
4K42
+31.3%
32
−31.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 103
+110%
49
−110%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+66.7%
40−45
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 76
+81%
42
−81%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+73.8%
60−65
−73.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+73.7%
35−40
−73.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 86
+105%
42
−105%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+65.9%
40−45
−65.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+64%
50−55
−64%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+47.9%
110−120
−47.9%
Hitman 3 106
+141%
44
−141%
Horizon Zero Dawn 140−150
+56%
90−95
−56%
Metro Exodus 164
+156%
60−65
−156%
Red Dead Redemption 2 80−85
+60%
50−55
−60%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 110−120
+88.5%
60−65
−88.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+34.1%
85−90
−34.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+66.7%
40−45
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 64
+205%
21
−205%
Battlefield 5 100−110
+73.8%
60−65
−73.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+73.7%
35−40
−73.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 69
+130%
30
−130%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+65.9%
40−45
−65.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 80−85
+64%
50−55
−64%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+47.9%
110−120
−47.9%
Hitman 3 108
+151%
43
−151%
Horizon Zero Dawn 189
+108%
90−95
−108%
Metro Exodus 129
+102%
60−65
−102%
Red Dead Redemption 2 102
+104%
50−55
−104%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 158
+155%
62
−155%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 65−70
+61.9%
40−45
−61.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 158
+79.5%
85−90
−79.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 70−75
+66.7%
40−45
−66.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 56
+700%
7
−700%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 65−70
+73.7%
35−40
−73.7%
Cyberpunk 2077 62
+148%
25
−148%
Far Cry 5 70−75
+65.9%
40−45
−65.9%
Forza Horizon 4 170−180
+47.9%
110−120
−47.9%
Hitman 3 96
+146%
39
−146%
Horizon Zero Dawn 120
+31.9%
90−95
−31.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140
+155%
55
−155%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 78
+136%
33
−136%
Watch Dogs: Legion 46
+156%
18
−156%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 96
+92%
50−55
−92%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 60−65
+72.2%
35−40
−72.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 50−55
+78.6%
27−30
−78.6%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 35−40
+84.2%
18−20
−84.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 48
+200%
16−18
−200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 35−40
+81%
21−24
−81%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
+255%
10−12
−255%
Far Cry 5 35−40
+72.7%
21−24
−72.7%
Forza Horizon 4 180−190
+81.6%
100−110
−81.6%
Hitman 3 64
+191%
21−24
−191%
Horizon Zero Dawn 85
+124%
35−40
−124%
Metro Exodus 85
+150%
30−35
−150%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 101
+115%
47
−115%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 40−45
+110%
21−24
−110%
Watch Dogs: Legion 116
+4.5%
110−120
−4.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 80
+158%
30−35
−158%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 30−35
+77.8%
18−20
−77.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 24−27
+85.7%
14−16
−85.7%
Hitman 3 41
+193%
14−16
−193%
Horizon Zero Dawn 160−170
+66.7%
95−100
−66.7%
Metro Exodus 60
+200%
20−22
−200%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 55
+189%
18−20
−189%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 21−24
+90.9%
10−12
−90.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 11
+22.2%
9−10
−22.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 20−22
+100%
10−11
−100%
Cyberpunk 2077 15
+275%
4−5
−275%
Far Cry 5 18−20
+80%
10−11
−80%
Forza Horizon 4 45−50
+80%
24−27
−80%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 60
+200%
20−22
−200%
Watch Dogs: Legion 19
+138%
8−9
−138%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 44
+175%
16−18
−175%

This is how RTX 3060 Mobile and RTX 2050 Mobile compete in popular games:

  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 128% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 83% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 3060 Mobile is 31% faster in 4K

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

  • in Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 3060 Mobile is 700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3060 Mobile surpassed RTX 2050 Mobile in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 32.53 18.65
Recency 12 January 2021 17 December 2021
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has a 74.4% higher aggregate performance score, and a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 2050 Mobile, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 months, and 77.8% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile in performance tests.


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