NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) vs RTX 3050 (75W) - the new sweet spot

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) vs RTX 3050 (75W) – the new sweet spot

LaptopMedia.com Comparisons NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) vs RTX 3050 (75W) - the new sweet spot

From: Nikolay Palaozov 13 April 2022 / 09:52 | 0

For most gamers, the mid-range GPUs are very important because in most cases they can offer a decent performance alongside an acceptable price tag. In 2020, the GeForce RTX 1650 Ti and RTX 1650 were the people’s champions when it comes to not-so-expensive gaming devices. It seems that in 2021 the sweet spot for budget-oriented gamers (well, at least for now – August 2021) is the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and GeForce RTX 3050.

These video cards come in a lot of different TGP versions – starting from just 35W and they can go as high as 80W or even more. For our comparison, we’re going to examine the performance of the 75W variants of RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050. Recently we were able to test two identical machines – the 2021 versions of ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506 with GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) vs RTX 3050 (75W). So, two devices with the same body, cooling, CPU, RAM configuration, and video cards with the same TGP – 75W. It should be enough to show us what is the exact difference between the RTX 3050 Ti (75W) and RTX 3050 (75W).

Specs overview
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050 variants
Synthetic benchmarks
Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)
Verdict

Specs overview

In terms of specs, both GPUs are pretty close to each other in a lot of aspects. The two Ampere video cards are based on the GA107 chip, the ROP count is equal – 32 units and the base and boost clock are almost the same (the non-Ti GPU has a really slight advantage in terms of frequencies), and both video cards are 8nm products. In addition, the memory size is, again, the same for both GPUs – 4GB, the same goes for the bus width (128-bit) and TGP (75W).

The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (75W) has the upper hand when it comes to shader units (CUDA cores) – it’s equipped with 25% more CUDAs when compared to the RTX 3050 (75W) – 2560 vs 2048 units. The CUDA cores are very important for the raw performance in games so without further ado, let’s jump straight to the benchmarks.

GeForce RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050 variants

	GeForce RTX 3050 Ti [75W]	GeForce RTX 3050[75W]
Architecture	Ampere	Ampere
GPU chip	GA107	GA107
Shader units	2560 (+25%)	2048
ROPs	32	32
Base Clock (MHz)	1222	1237 (+1%)
Boost clock (MHz)	1485	1500 (+1%)
Memory clock (MHz)	1500	1500
Memory size (MB)	4096	4096
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit)	128	128
TGP (Total Graphics Power)	75W	75W
DirectX version	12.2	12.2
Technology	8nm	8nm
RTX capabilities	Yes	Yes
Release date	05.2021	05.2021
Detailed specs	Link	Link

Synthetic benchmarks

3DMark Fire Strike (G)

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti (Laptop, 75W) ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506

14917

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Laptop, 75W) ASUS TUF Gaming F15 FX506

13682

Unigine Superposition

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)