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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — GeForce RTX 3050 outperforms the more expensive GeForce GTX 970 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing GeForce RTX 3050 is 2664 days newer than the more expensive GeForce GTX 970.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
- Performs up to 14% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than GeForce GTX 970 - 381 vs 333 FPS
- Up to 62% cheaper than GeForce GTX 970 - $179.99 vs $469.0
- Up to 67% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than GeForce GTX 970 - $0.47 vs $1.41 per FPS
- Consumes up to 12% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 130 vs 148 Watts
- Up to 100% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 - 8 vs 4 GB
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
381
100%
Value, $/FPS
$0.47/FPS
100%
Price, $
$179.99
100%
FPS and Value Winner
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 3050
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
56.86 GPixel/s
86%
Texel Fillrate
142.2 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce GTX 970
Desktop • Sep 19th, 2014
Pixel Fillrate
65.97 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
122.5 GTexel/s
86%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 19th, 2014 |
| GeForce 30 | Generation | GeForce 900 |
$249 | MSRP | $329 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
| 1x 8-pin | Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
8 GB | Memory | 4 GB |
| GDDR6 | Type | GDDR5 |
| 128-bit | Bus | 256-bit |
| 224 GB/s | Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s |
1552 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1050 MHz |
1777 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1178 MHz |
| 1750 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1753 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 3050 or GeForce GTX 970
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
273 FPS
$2.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$4.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Ryzen 5 3600
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288 FPS
$3.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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$2.67/FPS
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$3.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i7-13700
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288 FPS
$2.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-13400F
8 GB, 512 GB SSD
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$3.14/FPS
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Core i5-14400F
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279 FPS
$2.87/FPS
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Core i3-12100F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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381 FPS
$5.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i9-13900K
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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