MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G
vs
ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

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

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 and has 2560 texture shaders and 20 execution units.

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

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G has 8 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB can access 12 GB GDDR6 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 336 GB/s.

8 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR6
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
224 GB/s Memory bandwidth 336 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

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

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

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G is 130 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 8-Pin connector.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB has a TDP of 184 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

130 W TDP 184 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G has a total of 2 Axial fans.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 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 MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G.

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING X 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

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 No
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB is 210 mm long, 119 mm high and 41 mm wide.

278 mm Length 210 mm
130 mm Height 119 mm
49 mm Width 41 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
939 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 16

Additional data

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

The ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 2060 Twin Fan 12GB was introduced in Q4/2021 at a price of 289 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no ZT-T20620F-10M
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2021
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 289 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 12 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)

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)

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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