GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile vs RTX 4090 Mobile

Place in performance ranking	40	197
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GN21-X11	GN20-P0-R 6 GB
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Release date	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)	6 January 2023 (1 year ago)

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 cores	9728	2560
Core clock speed	no data	1237 MHz
Boost clock speed	2040 MHz	1492 MHz
Number of transistors	45,900 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt (80 - 150 Watt TGP)	60 Watt (35 - 80 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	515.3	no data

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. 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 size	large	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	no 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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	20000 MHz	12000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	576.0 GB/s	no data
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 Connectors

Portable Device Dependent

no data

API support

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12_2
Shader Model	6.7	no data
OpenGL	4.6	no data
OpenCL	3.0	no data
Vulkan	1.3	no data
CUDA	8.9	no data

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 4090 Mobile 53.46
+114%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 24.99

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by 114% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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 4090 Mobile 64353
+269%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 17421

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by 269% 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 4090 Mobile 46240
+287%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 11960

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by 287% 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 4090 Mobile 143162
+97.5%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 72486

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by 98% 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 4090 Mobile 554375
+10.8%

RTX 3050 6GB Mobile 500518

RTX 4090 Mobile outperforms RTX 3050 6GB Mobile by 11% in 3DMark Ice Storm GPU.

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	182 +156%	71 −156%
1440p	136 +312%	33 −312%
4K	86 +115%	40−45 −115%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

156
+92.6%

−92.6%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +75.5%	45−50 −75.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	90−95 +109%	40−45 −109%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +70.4%	80−85 −70.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	140−150 +120%	65−70 −120%
Cyberpunk 2077	142 +122%	64 −122%
Far Cry 5	172 +107%	83 −107%
Far Cry New Dawn	148 +124%	65−70 −124%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +84.3%	80−85 −84.3%
Hitman 3	170−180 +127%	75−80 −127%
Horizon Zero Dawn	189 +250%	50−55 −250%
Red Dead Redemption 2	85−90 +112%	40−45 −112%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	223 +305%	55−60 −305%
Watch Dogs: Legion	144 +200%	45−50 −200%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +75.5%	45−50 −75.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	187 +325%	40−45 −325%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +70.4%	80−85 −70.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	140−150 +120%	65−70 −120%
Cyberpunk 2077	136 +196%	46 −196%
Far Cry 5	167 +120%	76 −120%
Far Cry New Dawn	145 +120%	65−70 −120%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +84.3%	80−85 −84.3%
Hitman 3	170−180 +127%	75−80 −127%
Horizon Zero Dawn	166 +207%	50−55 −207%
Metro Exodus	156 +271%	40−45 −271%
Red Dead Redemption 2	85−90 +112%	40−45 −112%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	211 +284%	55−60 −284%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	394 +333%	91 −333%
Watch Dogs: Legion	131 +173%	45−50 −173%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	85−90 +75.5%	45−50 −75.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	161 +266%	40−45 −266%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +70.4%	80−85 −70.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	125 +221%	39 −221%
Far Cry 5	158 +123%	71 −123%
Far Cry New Dawn	131 +98.5%	65−70 −98.5%
Forza Horizon 4	150−160 +84.3%	80−85 −84.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	204 +308%	50 −308%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120 +150%	45−50 −150%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90−95 +147%	35−40 −147%
Hitman 3	100−110 +160%	40−45 −160%
Horizon Zero Dawn	150 +355%	30−35 −355%
Metro Exodus	117 +368%	24−27 −368%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +142%	18−20 −142%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	175 +430%	30−35 −430%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	55−60 +115%	27−30 −115%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	128 +412%	24−27 −412%
Battlefield 5	100−110 +85.7%	55−60 −85.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	95 +494%	16−18 −494%
Far Cry 5	152 +192%	52 −192%
Far Cry New Dawn	128 +167%	45−50 −167%
Forza Horizon 4	110−120 +129%	50−55 −129%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	164 +343%	37 −343%
Watch Dogs: Legion	109 +474%	18−20 −474%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	55−60 +189%	18−20 −189%
Hitman 3	55−60 +146%	24−27 −146%
Horizon Zero Dawn	111 +594%	16−18 −594%
Metro Exodus	82 +447%	14−16 −447%
Red Dead Redemption 2	30−33 +131%	12−14 −131%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	102 +467%	18−20 −467%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	152 +463%	27−30 −463%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	35−40 +144%	16−18 −144%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	78 +457%	14−16 −457%
Battlefield 5	65−70 +120%	30−33 −120%
Cyberpunk 2077	48 +700%	6−7 −700%
Far Cry 5	108 +414%	21−24 −414%
Far Cry New Dawn	102 +325%	24−27 −325%
Forza Horizon 4	75−80 +123%	35−40 −123%
Watch Dogs: Legion	69 +527%	10−12 −527%