GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GT 1030 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only £83.01 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce GT 1030

Up to 52% cheaper – £76.98 vs £159.99
Consumes up to 57% less energy – 30 vs 70 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 200% more VRAM memory – 6 vs 2 GB

GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Average FPS

63%

Min 1% FPS

51%

Price, £

£76.98

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.67/FPS

100%

Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2GB Graphics Card GV-N1030D4-2GL

Buy on Amazon

£76.98

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Zotac NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 2 GB GDDR5 Graphics Card - Black

Gigabyte GeForce GT 1030 Low Profile D4 2GB Graphics Card GV-N1030D4-2GL

Buy on Amazon

£81.54

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Inno3D GeForce GT 1030 2Go GDDR5, N1030-1SDV-E5BL

ASUS GT1030-2G-BRK GeForce GT 1030 2 GB GDDR5

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£159.99

48%

Value, £/FPS

£2.19/FPS

76%

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 LP 6G OC Gaming Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 1492 MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 96-bit, 1x DP (v1.4a), 2x HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC Graphics Card - 6GB GDDR6, 96-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1470MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 OC (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/MHz/MHz)

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 OC (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1500MHz/14000MHz/Low Profile)

Buy on Amazon

£174.23

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 Gaming Graphics Card (Nvidia RTX3050, PCIe 4.0, 1x DVI-D, 1x HDMI 2.1, 1x DisplayPort 1.4a, RTX3050-O6G-LP-BRK)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE V2 OC 6GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

Buy on Amazon

£178.00

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1470MHz/14000MHz)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD Graphics Card

GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

1087

22%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4853

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GT 1030 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GT 1030

May 17th, 2017

Memory

2 GB

33%

Memory Bandwidth

48.06 GB/s

29%

Pixel Fillrate

23.49 GPixel/s

50%

Texture Fillrate

35.23 GTexel/s

33%

FP32

1.127 TFLOPS

17%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Memory

6 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

168 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

6.774 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GT 1030	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
General
May 17th, 2017	Release Date	Feb 2nd, 2024
$79.00	MSRP	$179.00
GeForce 10	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
30 W	Power Consumption	70 W
Memory
2 GB	Memory Size	6 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
64-bit	Memory Bus	96-bit
48.06 GB/s	Bandwidth	168 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
23.49 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	47.04 GPixel/s
35.23 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	105.8 GTexel/s
1.127 TFLOPS	FP32	6.774 TFLOPS