GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

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The GeForce GTX 970M is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050. We cannot compare value as at least one GPU is out of stock.

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 970M

The GeForce RTX 3050 is better in every way

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 33% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 6 GB

GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 970M

Oct 7th, 2014

Average FPS

66%

Min 1% FPS

57%

Price, £

Out of Stock

Value, £/FPS

Not Available

All items are out of stock.

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

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)

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£174.61

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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 970M vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

GeForce GTX 970M

Oct 7th, 2014

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce RTX 3050 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 970M

Oct 7th, 2014

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

2274

37%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 970M vs GeForce RTX 3050 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 970M

Oct 7th, 2014

Memory

6 GB

75%

Memory Bandwidth

120.3 GB/s

54%

Pixel Fillrate

49.82 GPixel/s

88%

Texture Fillrate

83.04 GTexel/s

58%

FP32

2.657 TFLOPS

29%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 970M	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050
General
Oct 7th, 2014	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
Not Available	MSRP	$249.00
GeForce 900M	Generation	GeForce 30
Laptop	Segment	Desktop
Not Available	Power Consumption	130 W
Memory
6 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR6
192-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
120.3 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
49.82 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GPixel/s
83.04 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	142.2 GTexel/s
2.657 TFLOPS	FP32	9.098 TFLOPS