GeForce RTX 3050 vs GeForce RTX 2080

Prices and Stock
MSRP $249

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

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$189.97

In Stock

Same as Founder's Edition

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X XS White 8G OC (8GB GDDR6/PCI Express 4.0/1807MHz/14000MHz)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $699

EVGA PowerLink, Support All NVIDIA Founders Edition & All EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/2080/2070*/2060*/Super*/GTX 1660 Ti*/1660*/1650/1080 Ti/1080/1070 Ti/1070/1060 0600-Pl-2816-Lr

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 2080 outperforms GeForce RTX 3050 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 2080 is 1202 days older than GeForce RTX 3050.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3050

Consumes up to 40% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 - 130 vs 215 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2080

Performs up to 16% better in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than GeForce RTX 3050 - 86 vs 74 FPS
Up to 94% better value when playing Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 than GeForce RTX 3050 - $0.16 vs $2.57 per FPS

This is a free version of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.

Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

FPS

86%

Value, $/FPS

$2.57/FPS

Price, $

$189.97

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3050 OC Low Profile 6G Graphics Card, 2X WINDFORCE Fans, 6GB GDDR6 96-bit GDDR6, GV-N3050OC-6GL Video Card

Buy for $189.97 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 318 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

FPS

100%

Value, $/FPS

$0.16/FPS

100%

Price, $

$13.63

100%

FPS and Value Winner

EVGA PowerLink, Support All NVIDIA Founders Edition & All EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/2080/2070*/2060*/Super*/GTX 1660 Ti*/1660*/1650/1080 Ti/1080/1070 Ti/1070/1060 0600-Pl-2816-Lr

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In Stock

Updated 319 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

1920 x 1080

Ultra

141

FPS

119

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Ultra

468

FPS

385

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Maximum

191

FPS

166

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

352

FPS

344

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

Epic

105

FPS

Fortnite

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 3050

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

56.86 GPixel/s

52%

Texel Fillrate

142.2 GTexel/s

45%

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

Pixel Fillrate

109.4 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

314.6 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 3050	vs	GeForce RTX 2080
Jan 4th, 2022	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2018
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 20
$249	MSRP	$699
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 8-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
8 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR6	Type	GDDR6
128-bit	Bus	256-bit
224 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
1552 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1515 MHz
1777 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1710 MHz
1750 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz