NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6

Memory

3584

Cores

360 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 Jan 2021 View Details
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2560

Cores

320 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

$249 Jul 2025 View Details
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

$329 • Jan 2021

VS

GeForce RTX 5050

$249 • Jul 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
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Specs Comparison

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
12 GB 8 GB
GDDR6GDDR6
170 W130 W
N/AN/A
1777 MHz2572 MHz
360 GB/s 320 GB/s
8nm5nm
AmpereBlackwell 2.0
3584 2560
28 20
112 80
48 32
192-bit 128-bit
1875 MHz2500 MHz
85.3 GPixel/s 82.3 GPixel/s
360 GTexel/s 205.8 GTexel/s
12.74 GFLOPS13.17 GFLOPS
3.00 MB24.00 MB
276 mm²149 mm²
12000 Million16900 Million
450 W300 W
1x 12-pin1x 8-pin
PCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x8
12.212.2
1.31.4
4.64.6
SamsungTSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Background
3DMark

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

8993

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

10522 (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

Geekbench Background
Geekbench

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

91603

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

92181 (+1%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

GFXBench Background
GFXBench

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

109.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

Passmark Background
Passmark

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

16870

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

17421 (+3%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

Game Benchmarks Comparison (12 benchmarks)

God of War Ragnarok Background
God of War Ragnarok

God of War Ragnarok

7.7 2024 Action, Adventure, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+31%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+32%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+29%)
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition

Horizon Forbidden West Complete Edition

7.7 2024 Action, RPG

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+20%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+24%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+22%)
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
Winner
Loser
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Forza Horizon 5

Forza Horizon 5

8 2021 Action, Adventure, Racing, Simulation, Sport

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+48%)
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+27%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050 (+17%)
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Winner
Loser
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The Last of Us Part I

The Last of Us Part I

8.5 2022 Action, Adventure

1080p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+24%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 43 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB (+5%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
GeForce RTX 5050
AVG 21 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Wins!

Based on 12 benchmarks across 4 games

41
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
VS
+17.9%
49
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6

3
Wins
41
Avg FPS
36
Min FPS
25%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6

9
Wins
49
Avg FPS
43
Min FPS
75%
Win Rate

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2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
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GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
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Radeon RX 6600 XT

2021 8GB GDDR6 $379
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
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GeForce RTX 2060

2019 6GB GDDR6 $349
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

2019 8GB GDDR6 $499
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

2020 8GB GDDR6 $399
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
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Radeon RX 5700 XT

2019 8GB GDDR6 $399
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB

2021 12GB GDDR6 $329
VS
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Radeon RX 7700 XT

2023 12GB GDDR6 $449

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