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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

88%
88%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

114%
114%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is approximately 26% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
GB207
GA104
CoresDifferent
2560
4864
TMUsDifferent
80
152
ROPsDifferent
32
80
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Bus WidthDifferent
128 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
GPU NameDifferent
GB207
GA104
GPU VariantDifferent
GB207-300-A1
GA104-200-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Blackwell 2.0
Ampere
FoundryDifferent
TSMC
Samsung
Process TypeDifferent
4N FinFET
N/A
Process SizeDifferent
5 nm
8 nm
TransistorsDifferent
16,900 million
17,400 million
DensityDifferent
113.4M / mm²
44.4M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
149 mm²
392 mm²
Chip PackageDifferent
N/A
BGA-2713

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Release DateDifferent
Jul 1st, 2025
Dec 1st, 2020
AnnouncedDifferent
Jun 24th, 2025
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 50
GeForce 30
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 40
GeForce 20
Production
Active
Active
Launch PriceDifferent
249 USD
399 USD
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 5.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
4 in our database
66 in our database
AvailabilityDifferent
N/A
Dec 2nd, 2020
SuccessorDifferent
N/A
GeForce 40
Current PriceDifferent
N/A
Amazon/Newegg

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Base ClockDifferent
2317 MHz
1410 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
2572 MHz
1665 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
2500 MHz20 Gbps effective
1750 MHz14 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Memory Size
8 GB
8 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Memory BusDifferent
128 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
320.0 GB/s
448.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Shading UnitsDifferent
2560
4864
TMUsDifferent
80
152
ROPsDifferent
32
80
SM CountDifferent
20
38
Tensor CoresDifferent
80
152
RT CoresDifferent
20
38
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 CacheDifferent
24 MB
4 MB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Pixel RateDifferent
82.30 GPixel/s
133.2 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
205.8 GTexel/s
253.1 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
13.17 TFLOPS (1:1)
16.20 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)Different
13.17 TFLOPS
16.20 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
205.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
253.1 GFLOPS (1:64)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Slot Width
Dual-slot
Dual-slot
TDPDifferent
130 W
200 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
300 W
550 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
Power ConnectorsDifferent
1x 8-pin
1x 12-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG152 SKU 50
PG142 SKU 20
LengthDifferent
N/A
242 mm9.5 inches
HeightDifferent
N/A
112 mm4.4 inches

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
VulkanDifferent
1.4
1.3
CUDADifferent
12.0
8.6
Shader Model
6.8
6.8

Comparison Summary

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