NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU)
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MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) and the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) and has 2048 texture shaders and 16 execution units.

MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TI 8GB, which has 4608 shaders and 36 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) GPU MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 TI 8GB
GA107 GPU Chip GB206
Ampere Architecture Blackwell
16 Streaming Multiprocessors 36
2048 Shader 4608
40 Render Output Units 48
64 Texture Units 144
16 Raytracing Cores 36

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has 4 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS can access 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

4 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR7
1.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
12.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
192 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) clocks in the base with up to 1.530 GHz. The base frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS is 2.407 GHz.

1.530 GHz Base Clock 2.407 GHz
1.740 GHz Boost Clock 2.617 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is 80 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the connector.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS has a TDP of 180 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

80 W TDP 180 W
-- TDP (up) --
100 °C Tjunction max 87 °C
PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) has a total of 0 Radial fans.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Radial Fan-Type Axial
-- Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU).

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS supports a maximum of 4 screens.

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

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS 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 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 Decode / Encode
Decode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) is -- long, -- high and -- wide.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS is 226 mm long, 126 mm high and 41 mm wide.

-- Length 226 mm
-- Height 126 mm
-- Width 41 mm
-- Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile (Laptop GPU) was released in Q2/2021 at a price of --.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB SHADOW 2X OC PLUS was introduced in Q2/2025 at a price of 379 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q2/2021 Release date Q2/2025
-- Launch Price 379 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 4 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

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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