FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3080, however, it's a better value for money, as it's £801.50 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Up to 83% cheaper – £166.97 vs £968.47
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 78% less energy – 70 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 67% more VRAM memory – 10 vs 6 GB

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Average FPS

48%

Min 1% FPS

41%

Price, £

£166.97

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.28/FPS

100%

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

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 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 WINDFORCE V2 OC 6GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

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

ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Solo GDDR6 96bit 1470/14000 HDCP Three DP HDMI Lite Pack

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

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

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

Buy on Amazon

£174.53

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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)

GeForce RTX 3080

Sep 1st, 2020

Average FPS

151

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£968.47

17%

Value, £/FPS

£6.41/FPS

36%

MSI GeForce RTX 3080 VENTUS 3X PLUS 10G OC LHR Gaming Graphics Card - 10GB GDDR6X, 1740MHz, PCI Express Gen 4, 320-bit , 3x DP v 1.4a, HDMI 2.1 (Supports 4K)

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3080 XTREME 10GB V2 LHR Graphics Card

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

GeForce RTX 3080

Sep 1st, 2020

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4853

27%

GeForce RTX 3080

Sep 1st, 2020

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

17662

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs GeForce RTX 3080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Memory

6 GB

60%

Memory Bandwidth

168 GB/s

22%

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

29%

Texture Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

23%

FP32

6.774 TFLOPS

23%

GeForce RTX 3080

Sep 1st, 2020

Memory

10 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

760.3 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

465.1 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

29.77 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3080
General
Feb 2nd, 2024	Release Date	Sep 1st, 2020
$179.00	MSRP	$699.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
70 W	Power Consumption	320 W
Memory
6 GB	Memory Size	10 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6X
96-bit	Memory Bus	320-bit
168 GB/s	Bandwidth	760.3 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
47.04 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	164.2 GPixel/s
105.8 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	465.1 GTexel/s
6.774 TFLOPS	FP32	29.77 TFLOPS