In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB and the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 261 % faster than the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GBASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is based on NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, which has 1024 shaders and 8 execution units.
Memory
Memory
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6
GDDR5
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.753 GHz
Memory Speed
14.0 Gbps
7.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
224 GB/s
112 GB/s
Memory Interface
128 bit
128 bit
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini can access 4 GB GDDR5 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 112 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Base Clock
1.552 GHz
1.190 GHz
Boost Clock
1.807 GHz
1.253 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
1.78 GHz
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Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB clocks in the base with up to 1.552 GHz. The base frequency of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 1.190 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
TDP
130 W
120 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
98 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 8-Pin
1 x 6-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini has a TDP of 120 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 90 mm
1 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini has 1 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.2
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.0
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.2
DVI
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1
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Max. resolution
7680x4320
4096x2160
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_1
Raytracing
Yes
No
DLSS / FSR
Yes
No
LED
ASUS Aura Sync
No LED lighting
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 4096x2160 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
No
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
No
AV1
Decode
No
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini
Length
200 mm
170 mm
Height
123 mm
122 mm
Width
38 mm
41 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
2 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.
The ASUS GeForce GTX 960 Mini is 170 mm long, 122 mm high and 41 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB +173.6 %
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The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.
Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.
The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.
FP32 (TFLOPS) ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB +261.3 %
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