GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4090 for Gaming

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The GeForce RTX 3050 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 4090, however, it's a much better value for money, as it's £3334.01 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 95% cheaper – £165.99 vs £3500.00
A much better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 71% less energy – 130 vs 450 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 4090

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 200% more VRAM memory – 24 vs 8 GB

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4090 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

37%

Min 1% FPS

30%

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

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

Average FPS

223

100%

Min 1% FPS

146

100%

Price, £

£3500

Value, £/FPS

£15.69/FPS

13%

VIPERA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphic Card

VIXIA High End Custom Watercooled Gaming PC - Intel Core i9 14900K - Gigabyte Aero GeForce RTX 4090 - Corsair DDR5 64GB - Samsung 990 Pro PCIe4.0 NVME 2TB - Hyte Y60 White - VXS-70W

VIXIA High End Custom Watercooled Gaming PC - Intel Core i9 14900K - GeForce RTX 4090 DDR6X 24GB - DDR5 64GB 6000MHz - PCIe4.0 M.2 NVME 2TB - Black - VXS-110B

INNO3D GeForce RTX 4090 iChill X3, 24576 MB GDDR6X

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4090 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 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4090 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

17%

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

36328

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 4090 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

33%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

22%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

13%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

11%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

11%

GeForce RTX 4090

Sep 20th, 2022

Memory

24 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

1010 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

82.58 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 4090
General
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2022
$249.00	MSRP	$1,599.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 40
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
130 W	Power Consumption	450 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	24 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6X
128-bit	Memory Bus	384-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	1010 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	443.5 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	1290 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS	FP32	82.58 TFLOPS