GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile vs RTX 3050 4GB Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 284 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | 46 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 28.26 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2025) | Turing (2018−2022) |
| GPU code name | GN20-P0 | TU106 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 11 May 2021 (4 years ago) | 9 July 2019 (6 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 | 2048 | 2176 |
| Core clock speed | 1238 MHz | 1470 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1500 MHz | 1530 MHz |
| Number of transistors | no data | 10,800 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP) | 175 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 208.1 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 6.659 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 64 |
| TMUs | no data | 136 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 272 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 34 |
| L1 Cache | no data | 2.1 MB |
| L2 Cache | no data | 4 MB |
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 | no data |
| Interface | no data | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
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 | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 448.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | - |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_2 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 7.5 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 11 May 2021 | 9 July 2019 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 175 Watt |
RTX 3050 4GB Mobile has an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 191.7% lower power consumption.
RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
Other comparisons
We selected several comparisons of graphics cards with performance close to those reviewed, providing you with more options to consider.
