GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs RTX 4060

Place in the ranking	51	214
Place by popularity	2	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	100.00	no data
Power efficiency	30.69	28.70
Architecture	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)	Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code name	AD107	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	18 May 2023 (1 year ago)	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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	3072	2560
Core clock speed	1830 MHz	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	2460 MHz	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	18,900 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	236.2	no data
Floating-point processing power	15.11 TFLOPS	no data
ROPs	48	no data
TMUs	96	no data
Tensor Cores	96	no data
Ray Tracing Cores	24	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	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8	no data
Length	240 mm	no data
Width	2-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	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	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	2125 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	272.0 GB/s	no data
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	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	no data
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_2
Shader Model	6.8	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	-
CUDA	8.9	-

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.

RTX 4060 51.51
+105%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 25.13

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 4060 38191
+119%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 17421

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 4060 28111
+135%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 11960

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 4060 156140
+115%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 72486

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.

RTX 4060 769721
+53.8%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 500518

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 HD	145 +107%	70 −107%
1440p	77 +108%	37 −108%
4K	44 +110%	21−24 −110%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	2.06	no data
1440p	3.88	no data
4K	6.80	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

139
+71.6%

−71.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 +92.7%	55−60 −92.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 +105%	40−45 −105%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +97.6%	80−85 −97.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 +94.1%	50−55 −94.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	107 +67.2%	64 −67.2%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +75.9%	55−60 −75.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	120−130 +89.2%	65−70 −89.2%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 +46.6%	140−150 −46.6%
Hitman 3	100−110 +112%	50−55 −112%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +73%	110−120 −73%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +70.9%	85−90 −70.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 +64.6%	65−70 −64.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	190−200 +132%	85−90 −132%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +37.9%	100−110 −37.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 +92.7%	55−60 −92.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 +105%	40−45 −105%
Battlefield 5	160−170 +97.6%	80−85 −97.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 +94.1%	50−55 −94.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	90 +95.7%	46 −95.7%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +75.9%	55−60 −75.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	120−130 +89.2%	65−70 −89.2%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 +46.6%	140−150 −46.6%
Hitman 3	100−110 +112%	50−55 −112%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +73%	110−120 −73%
Metro Exodus	140−150 +70.9%	85−90 −70.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100−110 +64.6%	65−70 −64.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	217 +152%	86 −152%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 +94.4%	50−55 −94.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +37.9%	100−110 −37.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	100−110 +92.7%	55−60 −92.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	85−90 +105%	40−45 −105%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 +94.1%	50−55 −94.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	80 +105%	39 −105%
Far Cry 5	100−110 +75.9%	55−60 −75.9%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 +46.6%	140−150 −46.6%
Hitman 3	100−110 +112%	50−55 −112%
Horizon Zero Dawn	190−200 +73%	110−120 −73%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	190 +150%	76 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	112 +124%	50 −124%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 +37.9%	100−110 −37.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−110
+64.6%

65−70

−64.6%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	100−110 +117%	45−50 −117%
Far Cry New Dawn	75−80 +105%	35−40 −105%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +119%	24−27 −119%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60−65 +140%	24−27 −140%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	60−65 +114%	27−30 −114%
Cyberpunk 2077	48 +200%	16−18 −200%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +103%	27−30 −103%
Forza Horizon 4	260−270 +80.6%	140−150 −80.6%
Hitman 3	70−75 +133%	30−33 −133%
Horizon Zero Dawn	110−120 +125%	50−55 −125%
Metro Exodus	111 +131%	45−50 −131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	129 +126%	57 −126%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 +119%	37 −119%
Watch Dogs: Legion	210−220 +55.3%	140−150 −55.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

85−90
+110%

40−45

−110%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	50−55 +116%	24−27 −116%
Far Cry New Dawn	45−50 +130%	20−22 −130%
Hitman 3	40−45 +110%	20−22 −110%
Horizon Zero Dawn	200−210 +61.2%	120−130 −61.2%
Metro Exodus	70−75 +150%	27−30 −150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	68 +152%	27−30 −152%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +147%	14−16 −147%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	35−40 +169%	12−14 −169%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	35−40 +150%	14−16 −150%
Cyberpunk 2077	20 +233%	6−7 −233%
Far Cry 5	30−35 +129%	14−16 −129%
Forza Horizon 4	70−75 +118%	30−35 −118%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70 +126%	30−35 −126%
Watch Dogs: Legion	27−30 +155%	10−12 −155%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

45−50
+118%

21−24

−118%

This is how RTX 4060 and RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compete in popular games:

RTX 4060 is 107% faster in 1080p
RTX 4060 is 108% faster in 1440p
RTX 4060 is 110% faster in 4K

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

in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4060 is 233% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

Without exception, RTX 4060 surpassed RTX 3050 6GB Mobile in all 72 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	51.51	25.13
Recency	18 May 2023	6 January 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	6 GB
Chip lithography	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	60 Watt

RTX 4060 has a 105% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 4 months, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 60% more advanced lithography process.

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile, on the other hand, has 91.7% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 4060 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4060 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 3050 6GB 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.