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GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce RTX 3050

GeForce GTX 680 vs GeForce RTX 3050: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms GeForce GTX 680 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 3575 days newer than GeForce GTX 680.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050

  • Performs up to 18% better in Far Cry 5 than GeForce GTX 680 - 126 vs 107 FPS
  • Consumes up to 33% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 130 vs 195 Watts
  • Up to 300% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 - 8 vs 2 GB
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Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Logo
GeForce GTX 680

Desktop • Mar 22nd, 2012


FPS

107

85%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Logo
GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

126

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.59/FPS

100%

Price, €

€200.77

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3050 WINDFORCE OC 6G NVIDIA 6GB GDDR6

Buy for 200.77 on Amazon

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Updated 186 minutes ago

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With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Logo
GeForce GTX 680

Desktop • Mar 22nd, 2012

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Logo
GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Logo
GeForce GTX 680

Desktop • Mar 22nd, 2012


Pixel Fillrate

33.86 GPixel/s

60%

Texel Fillrate

135.4 GTexel/s

95%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Logo
GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 Logo

GeForce GTX 680

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Logo

GeForce RTX 3050

Mar 22nd, 2012Release Date
Jan 4th, 2022
GeForce 600GenerationGeForce 30
$499MSRP
$249
2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPortOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
2x 6-pinPower Connectors1x 8-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2 GBMemory
8 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6
256-bitBus128-bit
192.3 GB/sBandwidth
224 GB/s
1006 MHzBase Clock Speed
1552 MHz
1058 MHzBoost Clock Speed
1777 MHz
1502 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1750 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 680 or GeForce RTX 3050

With selected game settings

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