GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB for Gaming

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The GeForce RTX 5080 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB, however, it's a worse value for money, as it's £1414.99 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 167% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 6 GB

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Up to 90% cheaper – £159.99 vs £1574.98
A better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 81% less energy – 70 vs 360 Watts

GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB 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

30%

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 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Average FPS

34%

Min 1% FPS

27%

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 5080 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 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

33109

100%

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

4853

15%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB 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 6 GB

Feb 2nd, 2024

Memory

6 GB

38%

Memory Bandwidth

168 GB/s

18%

Pixel Fillrate

47.04 GPixel/s

14%

Texture Fillrate

105.8 GTexel/s

12%

FP32

6.774 TFLOPS

12%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 5080	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
General
Jan 30th, 2025	Release Date	Feb 2nd, 2024
$999.00	MSRP	$179.00
GeForce 50	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
360 W	Power Consumption	70 W
Memory
16 GB	Memory Size	6 GB
GDDR7	Memory Type	GDDR6
256-bit	Memory Bus	96-bit
960 GB/s	Bandwidth	168 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
335 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	47.04 GPixel/s
879.3 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	105.8 GTexel/s
56.28 TFLOPS	FP32	6.774 TFLOPS