GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

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The GeForce RTX 4080 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050, however, it's a much worse value for money, as it's £1219.62 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 4080

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

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 88% cheaper – £165.99 vs £1385.61
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 59% less energy – 130 vs 320 Watts

GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

Average FPS

197

100%

Min 1% FPS

126

100%

Price, £

£1385.61

11%

Value, £/FPS

£7.03/FPS

28%

Zotac Carte Graphique Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Amp Extreme Airo 16Go

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 24GB GDRR6X 384-Bit HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 3 Ada Lovelace Architecture Graphics Card (RTX 4080 16GB SUPRIM X)

OPSYS Magna-X6 RGB Gaming PC Computer (AMD Ryzen 9-7900X, Geforce RTX 4080 Graphics Card, 2TB NVMe SSD, 2TB HDD, 32GB RAM, Bluetooth, Windows 11)

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

42%

Min 1% FPS

35%

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 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

28173

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

22%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 4080

Sep 20th, 2022

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

716.8 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

280.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

761.5 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

48.74 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

50%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

31%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

20%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

19%

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

19%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 4080	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050
General
Sep 20th, 2022	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
$1,199.00	MSRP	$249.00
GeForce 40	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
320 W	Power Consumption	130 W
Memory
16 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR6X	Memory Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
716.8 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
280.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GPixel/s
761.5 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	142.2 GTexel/s
48.74 TFLOPS	FP32	9.098 TFLOPS