GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile vs GTS 360M

Place in the ranking	936	206
Place by popularity	not in top-100	67
Architecture	GT2xx (2009−2012)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	N11E-GS1	GN20-P1
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	7 January 2010 (14 years ago)	10 May 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	96	2560
CUDA cores	96	no data
Core clock speed	575 MHz	1222 MHz
Boost clock speed	no data	1485 MHz
Number of transistors	727 million	13,250 million
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	17.60	118.8
Floating-point processing power	0.2757 gflops	7.603 gflops
Gigaflops	413	no data

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	large
Bus support	PCI-E 2.0	no data
Interface	MXM-II	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	no data
SLI options	+	-
MXM Type	MXM 3.0 Type-B	no data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	DDR3, GDDR3, GDDR5	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	Up to 2000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	57.6 GB/s	192.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Single Link DVILVDSHDMIDual Link DVIDisplayPortVGA	No outputs
HDMI	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

Power management

8.0

no data

API compatibility

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	11.1 (10_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	4.1	6.6
OpenGL	2.1	4.6
OpenCL	1.1	3.0
Vulkan	N/A	1.2
CUDA	+	8.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTS 360M 1.69

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 26.29
+1456%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTS 360M 653

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile 10142
+1453%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

900p	18 −1456%	280−290 +1456%
Full HD	21 −257%	75 +257%
1440p	2−3 −1900%	40 +1900%
4K	1−2 −2500%	26 +2500%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

4−5

−1450%

62
+1450%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Battlefield 5	0−1	80−85
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1375%	59 +1375%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2800%	55−60 +2800%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2820%	140−150 +2820%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1233%	80 +1233%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −619%	110−120 +619%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −3167%	98 +3167%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −844%	85−90 +844%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −579%	231 +579%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Battlefield 5	0−1	80−85
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −1025%	45 +1025%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2800%	55−60 +2800%
Far Cry New Dawn	4−5 −1525%	65−70 +1525%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2820%	140−150 +2820%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1183%	77 +1183%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −619%	110−120 +619%
Red Dead Redemption 2	3−4 −2500%	78 +2500%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −1067%	105 +1067%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −350%	50−55 +350%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 −497%	203 +497%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	7−8 −686%	55−60 +686%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	5−6 −920%	50−55 +920%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −900%	40 +900%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −2800%	55−60 +2800%
Forza Horizon 4	5−6 −2820%	140−150 +2820%
Hitman 3	6−7 −1017%	67 +1017%
Horizon Zero Dawn	16−18 −475%	92 +475%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	9−10 −900%	90 +900%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −317%	50 +317%
Watch Dogs: Legion	30−35 +21.4%	28 −21.4%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−2600%

81
+2600%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	2−3 −2250%	45−50 +2250%
Far Cry New Dawn	2−3 −1800%	35−40 +1800%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	1−2 −2500%	24−27 +2500%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	1−2 −2700%	27−30 +2700%
Cyberpunk 2077	1−2 −2100%	22 +2100%
Far Cry 5	2−3 −1350%	27−30 +1350%
Hitman 3	7−8 −557%	46 +557%
Horizon Zero Dawn	5−6 −1280%	69 +1280%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	1−2 −3000%	30−35 +3000%
Watch Dogs: Legion	9−10 −1444%	139 +1444%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

4−5

−1300%

56
+1300%

4K
High Preset

Far Cry New Dawn

1−2

−1800%

18−20
+1800%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	2−3 −650%	14−16 +650%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	1−2 −1200%	12−14 +1200%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	0−1	14−16
Far Cry 5	1−2 −1300%	14−16 +1300%
Watch Dogs: Legion	0−1	10

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

3−4

−867%

29
+867%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 +0%	60 +0%
Metro Exodus	143 +0%	143 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35 +0%	35 +0%
Metro Exodus	114 +0%	114 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla

+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Valhalla	26 +0%	26 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Metro Exodus	60 +0%	60 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	61 +0%	61 +0%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Hitman 3	20 +0%	20 +0%
Horizon Zero Dawn	120−130 +0%	120−130 +0%
Metro Exodus	47 +0%	47 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	29 +0%	29 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077	10 +0%	10 +0%
Forza Horizon 4	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	34 +0%	34 +0%

This is how GTS 360M and RTX 3050 Ti Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 1456% faster in 900p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 257% faster in 1080p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 1900% faster in 1440p
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 2500% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the Ultra Preset, the GTS 360M is 21% faster.
in Red Dead Redemption 2, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is 3167% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

GTS 360M is ahead in 1 test (1%)
RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is ahead in 50 tests (74%)
there's a draw in 17 tests (25%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	1.69	26.29
Recency	7 January 2010	10 May 2021
Maximum RAM amount	1 GB	4 GB
Chip lithography	40 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	38 Watt	60 Watt

GTS 360M has 57.9% lower power consumption.

RTX 3050 Ti Mobile, on the other hand, has a 1455.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 11 years, a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 400% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTS 360M in performance tests.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.