GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

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The GeForce RTX 5090 is at least 2x faster gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 3050, however, it's a much worse value for money, as it's £3223.01 more expensive!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5090

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 300% more VRAM memory – 32 vs 8 GB

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3050

Up to 95% cheaper – £165.99 vs £3389.00
A much better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 77% less energy – 130 vs 575 Watts

GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3050 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

Average FPS

242

100%

Min 1% FPS

166

100%

Price, £

£3389

Value, £/FPS

£14/FPS

14%

MSI NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32G GAMING TRIO OC GDDR7 512bit Gaming Graphics card, Boost Clock up to 2497 MHz, PCIe Gen 5, DLSS 4, DP 2.1 x 3, HDMI 2.1 x 1, ATX

ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 TUF Gaming OC (32GB GDDR7/PCI Express 5.0/ MHz/28000MHz)

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 32GB GDDR7 Gaming Graphics Card (Nvidia GeForce RTX5090, 3.6 Slot Design, PCIe 5.0, 2X HDMI 2.1b, 3X DisplayPort 2.1a, TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING)

ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 Astral OC (32GB GDDR7/PCI Express 5.0/ MHz/28000MHz)

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Average FPS

34%

Min 1% FPS

27%

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 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in My Games

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

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

47287

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

6225

13%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 5090 vs GeForce RTX 3050 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 5090

Jan 30th, 2025

Memory

32 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

1790 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

423.6 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

1637 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

104.8 TFLOPS

100%

GeForce RTX 3050

Jan 4th, 2022

Memory

8 GB

25%

Memory Bandwidth

224 GB/s

13%

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

13%

Texture Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

FP32

9.098 TFLOPS

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 5090	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 3050
General
Jan 30th, 2025	Release Date	Jan 4th, 2022
$1,999.00	MSRP	$249.00
GeForce 50	Generation	GeForce 30
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
575 W	Power Consumption	130 W
Memory
32 GB	Memory Size	8 GB
GDDR7	Memory Type	GDDR6
512-bit	Memory Bus	128-bit
1790 GB/s	Bandwidth	224 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
423.6 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GPixel/s
1637 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	142.2 GTexel/s
104.8 TFLOPS	FP32	9.098 TFLOPS