Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB and has 2176 texture shaders and 34 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, which has 2560 shaders and 20 execution units.
Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB GPU MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
TU106 GPU Chip GA106-150-A1
Turing Architecture Ampere
34 Streaming Multiprocessors 20
2176 Shader 2560
48 Render Output Units 48
136 Texture Units 80
34 Raytracing Cores 20

Memory

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB has 12 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 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
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
336 GB/s Memory bandwidth 224 GB/s
192 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB clocks in the base with up to 1.470 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is 1.552 GHz.

1.470 GHz Base Clock 1.552 GHz
1.650 GHz Boost Clock 1.845 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is 185 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G has a TDP of 130 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

185 W TDP 130 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 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 Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1
1x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 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 MSI Mystic Light

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
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB is 235 mm long, 115 mm high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is 278 mm long, 130 mm high and 49 mm wide.

235 mm Length 278 mm
115 mm Height 130 mm
-- Width 49 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 939 g
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB was released in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference).

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G was introduced in Q1/2022 at a price of 249 $ (Reference).

NE62060018K9-1160L Part-no --
Q4/2021 Release date Q1/2022
289 $ (Reference) Launch Price 249 $ (Reference)
12 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
27 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
26 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
34 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
48 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 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)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
5 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
19 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 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)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
45 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
39 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
85 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
75 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB Gainward GeForce RTX 2060 Ghost 12GB
12 GB GDDR6
124 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
8 GB GDDR6
103 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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