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GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop vs RTX 3050

GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
VS
GeForce RTX 3050
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
GA106 (GN20-E3)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
GA106

We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile 6 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 1 year and 1 month newer RTX RTX 3050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the DeviceFacts Score for desktop GPU.

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3050 over RTX 3060 Mobile
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
  • Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 31% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 55 vs 42 FPS
  • 44% higher maximum theoretical performance (13.1 vs 9.1 TFLOPS)
  • Features 40 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 336 vs 224 GB/s
  • Achieves 41% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (94K vs 67K)
  • Has 50% more shading units (3840 vs 2560)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050
  • Includes 2 GB more video memory

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 3060 Laptop
vs
RTX 3050

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
108
64
55
37
92
53
43
26
The Witcher 3
120
95
68
35
90
70
49
24
Counter-Strike 2
173
125
89
44
139
101
72
31
Far Cry 6
88
78
64
34
76
66
49
25
Hogwarts Legacy
62
51
36
18
49
38
30
13
CoD: Modern Warfare III
76
69
49
30
59
49
35
22
Ghost of Tsushima
58
45
33
21
46
35
28
15
Cyberpunk 2077
63
56
35
16
48
45
26
11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
101
94
66
32
80
73
49
25
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 94 75
1080p Ultra 75 59
1440p Ultra 55 42
4K Ultra 30 21
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 3060 Laptop +28%
8157
RTX 3050
6348
Time Spy 8318 6235
Solar Bay 36291 30191
Port Royal 4708 3546
Fire Strike 20181 15967
Wild Life Extreme 16477 12795
Night Raid 72311 74854
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 3060 Laptop +41%
94459
RTX 3050
67028
Background Blur 153.5 img/sec 110.4 img/sec
Face Detection 90 img/sec 64.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.1 Gpixels/sec 2.87 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 5.77 Gpixels/sec 3.76 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.35 Gpixels/sec 2.89 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.01 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 385.9 Gpixels/sec 270.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 12770 FPS 9339.7 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 3060 Laptop +62%
7655
RTX 3050
4722

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 3060 Laptop +5%
13108
RTX 3050
12471
G2D Mark 586 916
DirectX 11 109 FPS 90 FPS
DirectX 12 58 FPS 59 FPS
GPU Compute 5621 Ops/s 6415 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 21345 & 9379 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 3060 Laptop +59%
2325.57
RTX 3050
1462.18
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 3160 & 1092 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss)Geekbench 6 OpenCL95620
📘 2026-04-17 (RaRagi-Bliss)Geekbench 6 OpenCL95620
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GeForce RTX 3050
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitryCinebench 20244722
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitrySteel Nomad Light6237
Add View all (2)

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 3060 Laptop +21%
14362
RTX 3050
11848
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 3060 Laptop +21%
25888
RTX 3050
21368
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 3060 Laptop +22%
9677
RTX 3050
7905
Image Classification (SP) 6257 4958
Image Segmentation (HP) 16583 12747
Image Super Resolution (Q) 12510 9816
Face Detection (HP) 29528 22467
Pose Estimation (Q) 51349 41362
Text Classification (SP) 2685 2563
Machine Translation (HP) 3939 3721
Object Detection (SP) 7206 5929
Depth Estimation (Q) 24343 18361
Style Transfer (SP) 113151 84665
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop and RTX 3050

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 12, 2021 January 27, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) - $249
Case Laptop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ampere Ampere
GPU Codename GA106 (GN20-E3) GA106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 6600M -
Successor - GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i5 12500H or above - Intel Core i5 12400 or above
Laptop GPU ranking (#66th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 816-1387 MHz (configurable) 1552 MHz
Boost Clock 1283-1703 MHz (configurable) 1777 MHz
Shading Units 3840 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 120 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 30 20
Tensor Cores 120 80
Ray-tracing Cores 30 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 3MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 62-82 GPixel/s 57 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 154-204 GTexel/s 142 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 3060 Laptop +44%
9.9-13.1 TFLOPS
RTX 3050
9.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 60-140 W (configurable) 130 W
Manufacturing Samsung Samsung
Fabrication Process 8 nm 8 nm
Die Size 300 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor Count 13.25 billion 12 billion
Transistor Density 44.17 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 3060 Laptop +50%
336 GB/s
RTX 3050
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.0 3.0
CUDA 8.6 8.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 2
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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