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£159.99
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£169.98
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Boost Clock
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£179.17
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Boost Clock
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£169.34
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£179.99
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Boost Clock
AvailabilityMSRP $1599
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MSRP $1599
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£2,488.61
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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms the cheaper GeForce RTX 3050 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce RTX 3050 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 4090 is 259 days newer than the cheaper GeForce RTX 3050.
Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050
- Up to 94% cheaper than GeForce RTX 4090 - £159.99 vs £2488.61
- Up to 81% better value when playing Halo Infinite than GeForce RTX 4090 - £2.62 vs £13.75 per FPS
- Consumes up to 71% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 130 vs 450 Watts
Advantages of GeForce RTX 4090
- Performs up to 197% better in Halo Infinite than GeForce RTX 3050 - 181 vs 61 FPS
- Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 - 24 vs 8 GB
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
61
34%
Value, £/FPS
£2.62/FPS
100%
Price, £
£159.99
100%
Value Winner
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)
Buy for £159.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 727 minutes ago
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
FPS
181
100%
Value, £/FPS
£13.75/FPS
19%
Price, £
£2488.61
6%
FPS Winner
MSI RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G carte graphique NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 24 Go GDDR6X
Buy for £2,488.61 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 726 minutes ago
Trending Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
13%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
11%
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
443.5 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
1290 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | GeForce RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 20th, 2022 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | GeForce 40 |
$249 | MSRP | $1599 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 GB | Memory | 24 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR6X |
| 128-bit | Bus | 384-bit |
| 224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 1008 GB/s |
| 1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 2235 MHz |
| 1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 2520 MHz |
1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1313 MHz |
PC Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or GeForce RTX 4090
With selected game settings
50 FPS
£13.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£679.99
In Stock
49 FPS
£12.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£629
In Stock
49 FPS
£14.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
Buy on Amazon
£695
In Stock
169 FPS
£19.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-11900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,334.95
In Stock
179 FPS
£19.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,529.98
In Stock
179 FPS
£20.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,744.95
In Stock
181 FPS
£22.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
Buy on Amazon
£4,102.3
In Stock
179 FPS
£20.22/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
Buy on Amazon
£3,619.95
In Stock
175 FPS
£20.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i7-13700
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,549.95
In Stock
181 FPS
£34.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
Buy on Amazon
£6,300
In Stock
50 FPS
£18.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i3-12100F
8 GB, N/A Storage
Buy on Amazon
£934.99
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