GeForce RTX 3050 vs Arc B580 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the Arc B580 and it's also a worse value for money, as it's only £163.96 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 50% cheaper – £165.99 vs £329.95
Consumes up to 32% less energy – 130 vs 190 Watts

Advantages of the Arc B580

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A better value for money for gaming
Up to 50% more VRAM memory – 12 vs 8 GB

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

61%

Min 1% FPS

55%

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

Arc B580

Jan 16th, 2025

Average FPS

135

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£329.95

50%

Value, £/FPS

£2.44/FPS

82%

ASRock Intel Arc B580 Steel Legend OC 12GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

WEELIAO GUNNIR Intel Arc B580 Photon 12G White Graphics Card,2850 Mhz Video Card,12GB 192-bit GDDR6,PCIE4.0,1 HDMI2.1,3 DP2.1,3 Fans,TBP 220W

WEELIAO Intel Arc B580 Graphics Card,2670 Mhz Black Video Card,12GB 256-bit GDDR6,PCIE4.0,3 DP2.0,1 HDMI2.1,2 Fans,TBP 190W

GeForce RTX 3050 vs Arc B580 in My Games

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

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Arc B580

Jan 16th, 2025

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs Arc B580 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

42%

Arc B580

Jan 16th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

14702

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs Arc B580 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

67%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

49%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

27%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

33%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

67%

Arc B580

Jan 16th, 2025

Memory

12 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

456 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

213.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

427.2 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

13.67 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	Arc B580
General
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Jan 16th, 2025
$249.00	MSRP	$249.00
GeForce 30	Generation	Battlemage
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
130 W	Power Consumption	190 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	12 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Memory Bus	192-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	456 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	213.6 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	427.2 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS	FP32	13.67 TFLOPS