GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

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The GeForce GTX 1080 is a faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050, however, it's a worse value for money, as it's £84.00 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 1080

A faster GPU for gaming

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 34% cheaper – £165.99 vs £249.99
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 28% less energy – 130 vs 180 Watts

GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£249.99

66%

Value, £/FPS

£2.71/FPS

73%

MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X 8GB GDDR5X Graphics Card - Black

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

90%

Min 1% FPS

88%

Price, £

£165.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.99/FPS

100%

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

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 6G DUAL OC Gaming Graphics Card - 1537MHz Boost Clock, GDDR6, PCIe Gen 4, DLSS 2, 3 x DP v1.4a, 1 x HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

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 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

£174.61

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 EAGLE Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1777MHz Core Clock, 1x DP 1.4, 1 x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA Ampere - GV-N3050EAGLE-8GD

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

GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

7564

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

82%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 1080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 1080

May 27th, 2016

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

320.3 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

110.9 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

277.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

8.873 TFLOPS

98%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

70%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

51%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

51%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 1080	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050
General
May 27th, 2016	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
$599.00	MSRP	$249.00
GeForce 10	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
180 W	Power Consumption	130 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5X	Memory Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
320.3 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
110.9 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GPixel/s
277.3 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	142.2 GTexel/s
8.873 TFLOPS	FP32	9.098 TFLOPS