FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3050 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 5080, however, it's a better value for money, as it's £1408.99 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 89% cheaper – £165.99 vs £1574.98
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 64% less energy – 130 vs 360 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 100% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 8 GB

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 5080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

39%

Min 1% FPS

32%

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)

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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 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Average FPS

214

100%

Min 1% FPS

139

100%

Price, £

£1574.98

10%

Value, £/FPS

£7.35/FPS

27%

MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16G VENTUS 3X OC PLUS GDDR7 256bit Gaming Graphics card, Boost Clock up to 2655 MHz, PCIe Gen 5, DLSS 4, DP 2.1 x 3, HDMI 2.1 x 1, SFF Ready

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE OC SFF 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2670MHz Core Clock, 3 x DP 2.1a, 1 x HDMI 2.1b, GV-N5080WF3OC-16GD

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition

GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 5080 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 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 5080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

19%

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

33109

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 5080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

23%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

17%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

16%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

16%

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

960 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

335 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

879.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

56.28 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3050	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 5080
General
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Jan 30th, 2025
$249.00	MSRP	$999.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 50
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
130 W	Power Consumption	360 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR7
128-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	960 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
56.86 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	335 GPixel/s
142.2 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	879.3 GTexel/s
9.098 TFLOPS	FP32	56.28 TFLOPS