GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB, however, it's a slightly worse value for money, as it's £90.00 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 33% more VRAM memory – 8 vs 6 GB

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Up to 36% cheaper – £159.99 vs £249.99
A slightly better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 59% less energy – 70 vs 170 Watts

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Oct 12th, 2022

Average FPS

100%

Min 1% FPS

100%

Price, £

£249.99

63%

Value, £/FPS

£2.77/FPS

79%

Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GAMING OC V2 Graphics Card - 8GB GDDR6, 128-bit, PCI-E 4.0, 1807MHz Core Clock, 2x DP 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, NVIDIA DLSS - GV-N3060GAMING OC-8GD V2

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX™ 3060 White OC Edition 8GB GDDR6 (PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a)

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Average FPS

81%

Min 1% FPS

76%

Price, £

£159.99

100%

Value, £/FPS

£2.19/FPS

100%

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 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

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

£174.23

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

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

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

Buy on Amazon

£178.00

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

Palit GeForce RTX 3050 StormX (6GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1470MHz/14000MHz)

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC V2 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050WF2OCV2-6GD Graphics Card

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in My Games

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

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Oct 12th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Oct 12th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

7384

100%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4853

66%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB

Oct 12th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

240 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Memory

6 GB

75%

Memory Bandwidth

168 GB/s

70%

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

55%

Texture Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

53%

FP32

6.774 TFLOPS

53%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3060 8 GB	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
General
Oct 12th, 2022	Release Date	Feb 2nd, 2024
Not Available	MSRP	$179.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
170 W	Power Consumption	70 W
Memory
8 GB	Memory Size	6 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Memory Bus	96-bit
240 GB/s	Bandwidth	168 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
85.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	47.04 GPixel/s
199 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	105.8 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPS	FP32	6.774 TFLOPS