GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile vs RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 254 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Power efficiency | 28.75 | no data |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | GN20-P0-R 6 GB | GB207 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Laptop |
| Release date | 6 January 2023 (2 years ago) | 2025 (recently) |
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 | 2560 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 1237 MHz | 2235 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 1492 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP) | 50 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | no data | 201.6 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 12.9 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | no data | 32 |
| TMUs | no data | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 20 |
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 5.0 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 | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 96 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 12000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | no data | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
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 | no data | Portable Device Dependent |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12_2 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | no data | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | no data | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | - | 1.4 |
| CUDA | - | 12.0 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Maximum RAM amount | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Chip lithography | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 60 Watt | 50 Watt |
RTX 5050 Mobile has a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 20% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile and GeForce RTX 5050 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.
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