GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB vs GeForce RTX 2060

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 27 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
GeForce RTX 2060
Memory: 6144Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 15 Jan 2019
GeForce RTX 2060

Summary

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB

70 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 2060 .
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2060

Higher theoretical gaming performance, based on specifications.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

GeForce RTX 2060

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 2060

Based on theoretical specifications.


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBGeForce RTX 2060
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-140-A1)vsTU106 (TU106-200A-KA-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs12 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs445 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs10,800 million
Shaders2304vs1920
Compute Units18vs30
Core clock1545 MHzvs1365 MHz
ROPs40vs48
TMUs72vs120

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBGeForce RTX 2060
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR6
Bus Width128 bitvs192 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective
Memory Size4096 Mbvs6144 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 4 GBGeForce RTX 2060
TDP90 wattsvs160 watts
Release Date27 Jan 2022vs15 Jan 2019

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    69.60 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    80.64 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    125.30 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    201.60 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    336.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB
    8018.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 2060
    6451.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better