nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6
Memory3584
Cores360 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
$329 • Jan 2021
GeForce RTX 5050
$249 • Jul 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 170 W | 130 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1777 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 3584 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | 28 | 20 |
| TMUs | 112 | 80 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 85.3 GPixel/s | 82.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 360 GTexel/s | 205.8 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 12.74 GFLOPS | 13.17 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 3.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | 149 mm² |
| Transistors | 12000 Million | 16900 Million |
| Required PSU | 450 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | Samsung | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Game Benchmarks Comparison (12 benchmarks)
God of War Ragnarok
Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition
Forza Horizon 5
The Last of Us Part I
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Wins!
Based on 12 benchmarks across 4 games
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
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