GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 970

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
Memory: 8192Mb GDDR6DESKTOP
Release date: 4 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GeForce GTX 970
Memory: 4096Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 19 Sep 2014
GeForce GTX 970

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    210%
  • GeForce GTX 970
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

110% higher gaming performance.
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 GTX 970

Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

The GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 970
GPU NameGA106 (GA106-150-A1)vsGM204 (GM204-200-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs28 nm
Die Size276 mm²vs398 mm²
Transistors13,250 millionvs5,200 million
Shaders2560vs1664
Compute Units20vs13
Core clock1552 MHzvs1050 MHz
ROPs48vs56
TMUs80vs104

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 970
Memory TypeGDDR6vsGDDR5
Bus Width128 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size8192 Mbvs4096 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3050 8 GBGeForce GTX 970
TDP130 wattsvs148 watts
Release Date4 Jan 2022vs19 Sep 2014

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    85.30 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    58.80 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    142.20 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    109.20 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    224.00 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 970
    224.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    9098.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 970
    3494.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    90
  • GeForce GTX 970
    44

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    60
  • GeForce GTX 970
    29

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
    31
  • GeForce GTX 970
    14

FPS (higher is better)