GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB vs RTX 3060 Mobile

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking168not rated
Place by popularity69not in top-100
Power efficiency27.91no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameGA106GA107
Market segmentLaptopLaptop
Release date12 January 2021 (3 years ago)6 July 2022 (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 cores38402560
Core clock speed900 MHz652 MHz
Boost clock speed1425 MHz1207 MHz
Number of transistors13,250 million8,700 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate171.096.56
Floating-point processing power10.94 TFLOPS6.18 TFLOPS
ROPs4832
TMUs12080
Tensor Cores12080
Ray Tracing Cores3020

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
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount6 GB4 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s224.0 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 outputsPortable Device Dependent

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.03.0
Vulkan1.21.3
CUDA8.68.6

Pros & cons summary


Recency 12 January 2021 6 July 2022
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 3060 Mobile has a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 1 year, and 77.8% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile Refresh 4 GB

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