GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

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The GeForce RTX 5080 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050, however, it's a much worse value for money, as it's £1408.99 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5080

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

GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

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

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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£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 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

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

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

33109

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

19%

Performance Specifications

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

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%

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%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

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