GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 5060
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 5060 to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB Advantages
Lower TDP (130W vs 145W)
GeForce RTX 5060 Advantages
Released 3 years and 4 months late
Boost Clock has increased by 41% (2497MHz vs 1777MHz)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (448.0GB/s vs 224.0GB/s)
1280 additional rendering cores
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
9098
GeForce RTX 5060
+110%
19180
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
1328
GeForce RTX 5060
+934%
13735
Graphics Card
Jan 2022
Release Date
May 2025
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 50
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x8
Bus Interface
PCIe 5.0 x8
Clock Speeds
1552 MHz
Base Clock
2280 MHz
1777 MHz
Boost Clock
2497 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
8GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR7
128bit
Memory Bus
128bit
224.0GB/s
Bandwidth
448.0GB/s
Render Config
20
SM Count
30
2560
Shading Units
3840
80
TMUs
120
32
ROPs
48
80
Tensor Cores
120
20
RT Cores
30
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
2 MB
L2 Cache
32 MB
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
119.9 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
299.6 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
19.18 TFLOPS
9.098 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
19.18 TFLOPS
142.2 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
299.6 GFLOPS
Board Design
130W
TDP
145W
300 W
Suggested PSU
300 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1b
3x DisplayPort 2.1b
3x DisplayPort 2.1b
1x 8-pin
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
Graphics Processor
GA106
GPU Name
GB206
GA106-150-KA-A1
GPU Variant
GB206-250-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Blackwell 2.0
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
8 nm
Process Size
5 nm
12 billion
Transistors
21.9 billion
276 mm²
Die Size
181 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.4
8.6
CUDA
12.0
6.6
Shader Model
6.8
