GeForce RTX 5060 vs RTX 3050 6GB Mobile

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile with GeForce RTX 5060, including specs and performance data.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile
2023
6 GB GDDR6, 60 Watt
23.85

RTX 5060 outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by a whopping 117% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking25468
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data100.00
Power efficiency28.7525.77
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGN20-P0-R 6 GBGB206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date6 January 2023 (2 years ago)19 May 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$299

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

no data

Performance to price scatter graph

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 cores25603840
Core clock speed1237 MHz2280 MHz
Boost clock speed1492 MHz2497 MHz
Number of transistorsno data21,900 million
Manufacturing process technology8 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)145 Watt
Texture fill rateno data299.6
Floating-point processing powerno data19.18 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data120
Tensor Coresno data120
Ray Tracing Coresno data30

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 sizelargeno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x8
Lengthno data241 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 8-pin

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 typeGDDR6GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed12000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12_212 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-12.0
DLSS-+

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.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 23.85
RTX 5060 51.66
+117%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 16980
RTX 5060 173106
+919%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 11973
RTX 5060 35195
+194%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 72486
RTX 5060 839999
+1059%

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:

Full HD70
−123%
156
+123%
1440p34
−124%
76
+124%
4K21−24
−143%
51
+143%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data1.92
1440pno data3.93
4Kno data5.86

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 130−140
−98.5%
260−270
+98.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 81
−51.9%
120−130
+51.9%
Dead Island 2 95−100
−139%
230−240
+139%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 90−95
−64.5%
150−160
+64.5%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
−98.5%
260−270
+98.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 64
−92.2%
120−130
+92.2%
Dead Island 2 95−100
−139%
230−240
+139%
Far Cry 5 85
−194%
250
+194%
Fortnite 110−120
−88%
220−230
+88%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−106%
190−200
+106%
Forza Horizon 5 70−75
−108%
150−160
+108%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
−92.3%
170−180
+92.3%
Valorant 160−170
−70.6%
270−280
+70.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 90−95
−64.5%
150−160
+64.5%
Counter-Strike 2 130−140
−98.5%
260−270
+98.5%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 250−260
−9%
270−280
+9%
Cyberpunk 2077 46
−167%
120−130
+167%
Dead Island 2 95−100
−139%
230−240
+139%
Dota 2 120−130
−115%
260−270
+115%
Far Cry 5 78
−192%
228
+192%
Fortnite 110−120
−88%
220−230
+88%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−106%
190−200
+106%
Forza Horizon 5 70−75
−108%
150−160
+108%
Grand Theft Auto V 92
−63%
150−160
+63%
Metro Exodus 50−55
−147%
120−130
+147%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
−92.3%
170−180
+92.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 91
−214%
286
+214%
Valorant 160−170
−70.6%
270−280
+70.6%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 90−95
−64.5%
150−160
+64.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 39
−215%
120−130
+215%
Dead Island 2 95−100
−139%
230−240
+139%
Dota 2 120−130
−115%
260−270
+115%
Far Cry 5 74
−188%
213
+188%
Forza Horizon 4 90−95
−106%
190−200
+106%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 90−95
−92.3%
170−180
+92.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 50
−186%
143
+186%
Valorant 160−170
−70.6%
270−280
+70.6%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 110−120
−88%
220−230
+88%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 50−55
−176%
140−150
+176%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 160−170
−116%
350−400
+116%
Grand Theft Auto V 40
−168%
100−110
+168%
Metro Exodus 30−35
−155%
75−80
+155%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 170−180
+0%
170−180
+0%
Valorant 200−210
−54.5%
300−350
+54.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 65−70
−87.9%
120−130
+87.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 21−24
−183%
65−70
+183%
Dead Island 2 40−45
−174%
110−120
+174%
Far Cry 5 52
−179%
145
+179%
Forza Horizon 4 60−65
−160%
150−160
+160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 37
−186%
106
+186%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 55−60
−150%
140−150
+150%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−178%
60−65
+178%
Dead Island 2 21−24
−95.7%
45−50
+95.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 40−45
−177%
110−120
+177%
Metro Exodus 20−22
−145%
45−50
+145%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 35−40
−160%
91
+160%
Valorant 130−140
−116%
290−300
+116%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 35−40
−133%
80−85
+133%
Counter-Strike 2 21−24
−178%
60−65
+178%
Cyberpunk 2077 10−11
−200%
30−33
+200%
Dead Island 2 21−24
−126%
50−55
+126%
Dota 2 75−80
−108%
160−170
+108%
Far Cry 5 27−30
−178%
75
+178%
Forza Horizon 4 40−45
−166%
100−110
+166%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 24−27
−232%
80−85
+232%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 24−27
−192%
70−75
+192%

This is how RTX 3050 6GB Mobile and RTX 5060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 is 123% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5060 is 124% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5060 is 143% faster in 4K

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

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 5060 is 232% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 is ahead in 61 tests (98%)
  • there's a draw in 1 test (2%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 23.85 51.66
Recency 6 January 2023 19 May 2025
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 8 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 60 Watt 145 Watt

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile has 141.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 116.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile is a notebook graphics card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.

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