GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2080 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 is the comparison's loser – it's a much slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 2080 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's £146.07 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Consumes up to 40% less energy – 130 vs 215 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 2080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 88% cheaper – £19.92 vs £165.99
A much better value for money for gaming

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

73%

Min 1% FPS

68%

Price, £

£165.99

12%

Value, £/FPS

£1.99/FPS

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 RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

Average FPS

114

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£19.92

100%

Value, £/FPS

£0.17/FPS

100%

EVGA PowerLink, Support All NVIDIA Founders Edition & All GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/2080/2070*/2060*/Super*/GTX 1660 Ti*/1660*/1650/1080 Ti/1080/1070 Ti/1070/1060 0600-Pl-2816-Lr

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in My Games

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

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

56%

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

11078

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

50%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

52%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

45%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

90%

GeForce RTX 2080

Sep 20th, 2018

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

448 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

109.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

314.6 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

10.07 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 2080
General
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2018
$249.00	MSRP	$699.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 20
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
130 W	Power Consumption	215 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	109.4 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	314.6 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS	FP32	10.07 TFLOPS