Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada vs GeForce RTX 3050

We compared two discrete desktop graphics cards: the Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada 16 GB with 22 pipelines and 2816 shaders against the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

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

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
16 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR6
23.1
(Mediocre)
Value Index
47.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3050 over RTX 2000 Ada
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • 32% higher maximum theoretical performance (12 vs 9.1 TFLOPS)
  • Includes 8 GB more video memory
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
  • Achieves 34% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (89K vs 67K)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
92
53
43
26
The Witcher 3 -
90
70
49
24
Counter-Strike 2 -
139
101
72
31
Far Cry 6 -
76
66
49
25
Hogwarts Legacy -
49
38
30
13
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
59
49
35
22
Ghost of Tsushima -
46
35
28
15
Cyberpunk 2077 -
48
45
26
11
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
80
73
49
25
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 75
1080p Ultra - 59
1440p Ultra - 42
4K Ultra - 21
Margin of Error High 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
Time Spy - 6235
Solar Bay - 30191
Port Royal - 3546
Fire Strike - 15967
Wild Life Extreme - 12795
Night Raid - 74854
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
89677
67028
Background Blur 170.5 img/sec 110.4 img/sec
Face Detection 102.8 img/sec 64.4 img/sec
Horizon Detection 3.25 Gpixels/sec 2.87 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 4.12 Gpixels/sec 3.76 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.06 Gpixels/sec 2.89 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.13 Gpixels/sec 0.81 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 353.4 Gpixels/sec 270.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 12273.1 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

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
16935
12471
G2D Mark 1073 916
DirectX 11 138 FPS 90 FPS
DirectX 12 71 FPS 59 FPS
GPU Compute 7810 Ops/s 6415 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 1055 & 9379 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
2687.32
1462.18
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 59 & 1092 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 3050
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitryCinebench 20244722
📘 2026-04-21 -> DmitryDmitrySteel Nomad Light6237

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
15501
11848
GB6 ML Half Precision
27554
21368
GB6 ML Quantized
12117
7905
Image Classification (SP) 6382 4958
Image Segmentation (HP) 16489 12747
Image Super Resolution (Q) 17694 9816
Face Detection (HP) 32453 22467
Pose Estimation (Q) 56937 41362
Text Classification (SP) 3097 2563
Machine Translation (HP) 4324 3721
Object Detection (SP) 7656 5929
Depth Estimation (Q) 29700 18361
Style Transfer (SP) 116441 84665
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada and GeForce RTX 3050

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released February 12, 2022 January 27, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $649 $249
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Professional Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
GPU Codename AD107 GA106
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 14700K or above - Intel Core i5 12400 or above
Desktop GPU rating (46th and 71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1620 MHz 1552 MHz
Boost Clock 2130 MHz 1777 MHz
Shading Units 2816 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 88 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 22 20
Tensor Cores 88 80
Ray-tracing Cores 22 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 12MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 102 GPixel/s 57 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 187 GTexel/s 142 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
12 TFLOPS
9.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 70 W 130 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Fabrication Process 5 nm 8 nm
Die Size 159 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor Count 18 billion 12 billion
Transistor Density 113.21 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 16000 Mbps 14000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
256 GB/s
224 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 8.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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