GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR
vs
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR (Ampere) and has 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 360 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

GPU

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has the GA106-302-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Ampere architecture.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is based on the graphics chip GA106-150-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
GA106-302-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 graphics memory of the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR clocks at 1.875 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 15.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

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 clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

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

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is powered by 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 170 W.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 130 W.

170 W TDP 130 W
180 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

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

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

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

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

Featureset

With the GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported 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
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

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

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR is connected to the system via PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

282 mm Length 296 mm
117 mm Height 117 mm
41 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 GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (rev. 2.0) LHR has been manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers since Q2/2021.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3050 ELITE 8G came on the market in Q1/2022 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Part-no GV-N3050AORUS E-8GD
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2022
469 $ 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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

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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