GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB VS GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
We are comparing the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop ( NVIDIA ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs. GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 21, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB AND GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Here’s how GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
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38% higher 4K Ultra FPS (22 vs 16)
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34% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (43 vs 32)
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26% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (59 vs 47)
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27% higher Boost Clock (1777 MHz vs 1398.5 MHz)
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28% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (6233 vs 4883)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
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Higher bandwidth bus link (PCIe 4.0 x16)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB AND GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Laptop GPU |
| Codename: | GA106 | GA107 |
| Vendor: | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | Samsung | Samsung |
| Architecture: | Ampere | Ampere |
| Generation: | GeForce 30 | GeForce 30 Mobile |
| Release Date: | January 4, 2022 | May 11, 2021 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 8 | 16 |
| Process Size: | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Transistors: | 12 billion | 8.7 billion |
| Density: | 43.5 MTr/mm² | 43.5 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 276 mm² | 200 mm² |
| Board Length: | 242 mm | — |
| Board Height: | 112 mm | — |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 130 W | 35-95 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 20 | 16 |
| Shading Units: | 2560 | 2048 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 80 | 64 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 32 | 40 |
| Tensor Cores: | 80 | 64 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 20 | 16 |
| Base Clock: | 1552 MHz | 712-1530 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 1777 MHz | 1057-1740 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB (per SM) | 128 KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache: | 2 MB | 2 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 56.86 GPixel/s | 70 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 142.2 GTexel/s | 111 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 9.098 TFLOPs | 7.1 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 1750 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 14000 Mbps | 12000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 224 GB/s | 192 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan: | 1.4 | 1.2 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA: | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing: | 1 | 1 |
| DLSS: | DLSS 2 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.1 | — |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 59 | 47 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 43 | 32 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 22 | 16 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 6352 | 4912 |
| Time Spy | 6233 | 4883 |
| Solar Bay | 30121 | 21609 |
| Port Royal | 3544 | 553 |
| Fire Strike | 15968 | 12556 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 12798 | 9427 |
| Night Raid | 74740 | 53588 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 67028 | 58733 |
| Background Blur | 110.4 img/sec | 88.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 64.4 img/sec | 57.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 2.87 Gpixels/sec | 2.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 3.76 Gpixels/sec | 3.33 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 2.89 Gpixels/sec | 2.55 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 0.81 Gpixels/sec | 0.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 270.9 Gpixels/sec | 256.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 9339.7 | 7465.5 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 12503 | 9493 |
| G2D Mark | 918 | 490 |
| DirectX 11 | 90 | 71 |
| DirectX 12 | 59 | 46 |
| GPU Compute | 6438 | 3860 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 71.70 | — |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 393.80 | — |
| Car Chase | 361.90 | — |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 294.20 | — |
| T-Rex | 1381.80 | — |
| Tessellation | 2081.30 | — |
| ALU 2 | 1974.10 | — |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 286.30 | — |
| API | OpenGL | — |
| OS | Windows | — |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 1499 | 1181 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 11848 | 10038 |
| Half Precision | 21368 | 19152 |
| Quantized | 7905 | 6984 |
| Image Classification | 4958 | 4349 |
| Image Segmentation | 12747 | 11416 |
| Image Super Resolution | 9816 | 8973 |
| Face Detection | 22467 | 18927 |
| Pose Estimation | 41362 | 34631 |
| Text Classification | 2563 | 2269 |
| Machine Translation | 3721 | 3539 |
| Object Detection | 5929 | 5046 |
| Depth Estimation | 18361 | 15772 |
| Style Transfer | 84665 | 75260 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 4619 | — |
| 1440p Vulkan | 3099 | — |
| 1080p OpenGL | 4348 | — |
| 1440p OpenGL | 3284 | — |
| 2160p OpenGL | 1679 | — |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB AND GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop was released 7 months, 24 days earlier than GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB edges out overall compared to the GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning and Workstation. The GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop is the better fit if your top priority is Hardware Architecture and Energy Efficiency.
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