ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 and has 3584 texture shaders and 28 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GA106-300-A1 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Ampere Architecture Ampere
28 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
3584 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
112 Texture Units 80
28 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G can access 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

12 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
15.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
360 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 clocks in the base with up to 1.320 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is 1.552 GHz.

1.320 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.807 GHz Boost Clock 1.860 GHz
1.78 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 170 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

170 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 3 x 80 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
35 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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 3060.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 2x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 is 200 mm long, 123 mm high and 38 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is 296 mm long, 117 mm high and 56 mm wide.

200 mm Length 296 mm
123 mm Height 117 mm
38 mm Width 56 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 was released in Q1/2021 at a price of 329 $.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

DUAL-RTX3060-12G Part-no GV-N3050AORUS E-8GD
Q1/2021 Release date Q1/2022
329 $ Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

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

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
29 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
26 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
36 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
56 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
43 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

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.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
24 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
59 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
52 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
40 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
95 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6
132 fps (avg)
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
8 GB GDDR6
104 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

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.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

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)

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