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GeForce GTX 980 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3050

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile vs GeForce RTX 3050: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

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)

Buy for £169.98 on Amazon

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Updated 50 minutes ago

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

8 GB GDDR5 | 256-bit

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

GeForce RTX 3050

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

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)

Buy for £169.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 50 minutes ago

Prices and Stock

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

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)

ASUS GeForce RTX 3050 LP BRK OC Edition 6GB GDDR6 (IP5X dust resistance, dual ball bearings, stainless steel bracket, PCIe 4.0, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, DVI-D and more)

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

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X XS White 8G OC (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1807MHz/14000MHz)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OC-6GD Video Card

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

MSI, GeForce RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X E 6G OC

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms GeForce GTX 980 Mobile on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 2297 days newer than GeForce GTX 980 Mobile.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050

Performs up to 23% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than GeForce GTX 980 Mobile - 85 vs 69 FPS

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Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Mobile • Sep 21st, 2015

FPS

69

81%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

FPS

85

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2/FPS

100%

Price, £

£169.98

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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)

Buy for £169.98 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 50 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Mobile • Sep 21st, 2015

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

387

FPS

389

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

373

FPS

392

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

174

FPS

191

FPS

Dota 2

Dota 2

600

FPS

652

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

93

FPS

105

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Theoretical Performance

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Mobile • Sep 21st, 2015

Pixel Fillrate

68.1 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

136.2 GTexel/s

96%

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

83%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile	vs	GeForce RTX 3050
Sep 21st, 2015	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
GeForce 900M	Generation	GeForce 30
Not Available	MSRP	$249
None	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
None	Power Connectors	1x 8-pin
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR5	Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Bus	128-bit
224.4 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
1064 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1552 MHz
Not Available	Boost Clock Speed	1777 MHz
1753 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 980 Mobile or GeForce RTX 3050

With selected game settings

Acer Nitro N50-650 Gaming Desktop PC Image

Acer Nitro N50-650 Gaming Desktop PC

67 FPS

£10.15/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i5-13400F

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£679.99

In Stock

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Lenovo IdeaCentre Gaming 5 17L Desktop PC

64 FPS

£10.92/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i5-12400F

16 GB, 512 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£699

In Stock

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CYBERPOWERPC Wyvern Gaming PC

64 FPS

£9.83/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i5-12400F

16 GB, 500 GB SSD

Buy on Amazon

£629

In Stock

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Veno Scorp Gaming PC

65 FPS

£14.38/FPS

GeForce RTX 3050

Core i3-12100F

8 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

£934.99

In Stock

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile and GeForce RTX 3050 Popular Comparisons

Compare 2 Graphics Cards in Games

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£307.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£753.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3060

£254.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£201.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7600 XT

£307.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4060

£254.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7900 XT

£753.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£529.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£201.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£141.32

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£89.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7800 XT

£529.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£237.62

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£438.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£141.32

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£89.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£237.62

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£147.42

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7700 XT

£438.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,932.14

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 7900 XTX

£1,151.3

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£147.42

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

£1,932.14

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce GT 1030

£68.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 6600 XT

Out of Stock

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4070

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£488.25

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4090

Out of Stock

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

£409

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB

£488.25

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£47.53

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£47.53

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.75

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

Radeon RX 6750 XT

£334.75

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£369.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

£599.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

£369.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

£599.99

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£63.56

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£63.56

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3070

£752.36

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

£967.76

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce GTX 1650

£220

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

£967.76

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

£199.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce GTX 1650

£220

GeForce GTX 980 Mobile

£605.36

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER

£199.99

GeForce RTX 3050

£169.98

£605.36