RTX 3050 Mobile vs RTX 3080 Ti

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Combined performance score

RTX 3080 Ti
70.29
+199%

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 199% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

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

Place in performance ranking16214
Place by popularitynot in top-10047
Value for money14.90no data
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2022)Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code nameAmpere GA102Ampere GA106
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date24 September 2020 (3 years old)4 January 2022 (2 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 no data
Current price$1135 (0.9x MSRP)no data
Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores102402560
Core clock speed1370 MHz1552 MHz
Boost clock speed1667 MHz1777 MHz
Number of transistors28,300 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology8 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt130 Watt
Texture fill rate532.8102.0

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop sizeno datalarge
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length285 mmno data
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

Memory

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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB4 GB
Memory bus width384 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed19000 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth912.4 GB/s224.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Video outputs and ports

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 Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPortNo outputs
HDMI+no data

API support

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.66.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.02.0
Vulkan1.21.2
CUDA8.68.6

Synthetic benchmark performance

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


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance 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.

RTX 3080 Ti 70.29
+199%
RTX 3050 Mobile 23.54

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 199% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. 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.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 3080 Ti 27241
+199%
RTX 3050 Mobile 9122

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 199% in Passmark.

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3080 Ti 120236
+55.7%
RTX 3050 Mobile 77234

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 56% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 3080 Ti 60980
+186%
RTX 3050 Mobile 21358

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 186% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3080 Ti 47113
+200%
RTX 3050 Mobile 15685

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 200% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 3080 Ti 218185
+142%
RTX 3050 Mobile 90224

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 142% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 3080 Ti 785365
+35.3%
RTX 3050 Mobile 580370

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 35% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 297
+101%
RTX 3050 Mobile 148

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 101% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 105
+77.1%
RTX 3050 Mobile 59

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 77% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 17
+118%
RTX 3050 Mobile 8

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 118% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 171
+210%
RTX 3050 Mobile 55

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 210% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 95
+111%
RTX 3050 Mobile 45

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 111% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 142
+298%
RTX 3050 Mobile 36

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 298% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 252
+227%
RTX 3050 Mobile 77

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 227% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 3080 Ti 28
+282%
RTX 3050 Mobile 7

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 282% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01.

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 3080 Ti 372
+136%
RTX 3050 Mobile 158

RTX 3080 Ti outperforms RTX 3050 Mobile by 136% in SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05.

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 HD214
+130%
93
−130%
1440p144
+188%
50
−188%
4K96
+200%
32
−200%

Performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 219
+107%
106
−107%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+128%
45−50
−128%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+65.3%
75
−65.3%
Battlefield 5 150−160
+106%
75−80
−106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 170−180
+181%
60−65
−181%
Cyberpunk 2077 184
+122%
83
−122%
Far Cry 5 208
+76.3%
118
−76.3%
Far Cry New Dawn 174
+58.2%
110
−58.2%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+149%
75−80
−149%
Hitman 3 200−210
+197%
70−75
−197%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+60.4%
96
−60.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
+208%
35−40
−208%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 247
+133%
106
−133%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+37.6%
85
−37.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+128%
45−50
−128%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 120−130
+100%
62
−100%
Battlefield 5 150−160
+106%
75−80
−106%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 170−180
+181%
60−65
−181%
Cyberpunk 2077 160
+162%
61
−162%
Far Cry 5 198
+85%
107
−85%
Far Cry New Dawn 167
+62.1%
103
−62.1%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+149%
75−80
−149%
Hitman 3 134
+91.4%
70−75
−91.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn 150−160
+111%
73
−111%
Metro Exodus 172
+177%
62
−177%
Red Dead Redemption 2 56
+47.4%
35−40
−47.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 226
+160%
87
−160%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 372
+121%
168
−121%
Watch Dogs: Legion 110−120
+60.3%
73
−60.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100−110
+128%
45−50
−128%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100
+88.7%
53
−88.7%
Battlefield 5 196
+155%
75−80
−155%
Cyberpunk 2077 146
+139%
61
−139%
Far Cry 5 186
+87.9%
99
−87.9%
Far Cry New Dawn 146
+55.3%
94
−55.3%
Forza Horizon 4 190−200
+149%
75−80
−149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 181
+178%
65
−178%
Watch Dogs: Legion 97
+36.6%
71
−36.6%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
+256%
35−40
−256%
Hitman 3 210
+438%
35−40
−438%
Horizon Zero Dawn 110−120
+127%
52
−127%
Metro Exodus 114
+217%
36
−217%
Red Dead Redemption 2 93
+417%
18−20
−417%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 164
+183%
58
−183%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 75−80
+212%
24−27
−212%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 86
+115%
40
−115%
Battlefield 5 192
+262%
50−55
−262%
Cyberpunk 2077 99
+230%
30
−230%
Far Cry 5 176
+159%
68
−159%
Far Cry New Dawn 141
+104%
69
−104%
Forza Horizon 4 160−170
+246%
45−50
−246%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 130−140
+364%
27−30
−364%
Watch Dogs: Legion 89
+170%
33
−170%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 75−80
+339%
18−20
−339%
Hitman 3 120
+445%
21−24
−445%
Horizon Zero Dawn 75−80
+457%
14
−457%
Metro Exodus 76
+230%
23
−230%
Red Dead Redemption 2 63
+385%
12−14
−385%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 94
+213%
30
−213%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 152
+245%
44
−245%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 55−60
+273%
14−16
−273%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 61
+154%
24
−154%
Battlefield 5 136
+386%
27−30
−386%
Cyberpunk 2077 50
+317%
12
−317%
Far Cry 5 109
+211%
35
−211%
Far Cry New Dawn 108
+192%
37
−192%
Forza Horizon 4 120−130
+264%
30−35
−264%
Watch Dogs: Legion 59
+211%
19
−211%

This is how RTX 3080 Ti and RTX 3050 Mobile compete in popular games:

1080p resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 130% faster than RTX 3050 Mobile

1440p resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 188% faster than RTX 3050 Mobile

4K resolution:

  • RTX 3080 Ti is 200% faster than RTX 3050 Mobile

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

  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3080 Ti is 457% faster than the RTX 3050 Mobile.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 3080 Ti surpassed RTX 3050 Mobile in all 68 of our tests.

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 70.29 23.54
Recency 24 September 2020 4 January 2022
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 4 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 130 Watt

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile is a notebook one.


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

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