GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB vs GeForce GTX 970
Summary
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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA106 (GA106-150-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-200-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 276 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 13,250 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 2560 | vs | 1664 |
| Compute Units | 20 | vs | 13 |
| Core clock | 1552 MHz | vs | 1050 MHz |
| ROPs | 48 | vs | 56 |
| TMUs | 80 | vs | 104 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 128 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1750 MHz
14 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 8192 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB | | GeForce GTX 970 | |
|---|
| TDP | 130 watts | vs | 148 watts |
| Release Date | 4 Jan 2022 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
85.30 GP/s
GeForce GTX 970
58.80 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
142.20 GT/s
GeForce GTX 970
109.20 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
224.00 GB/s
GeForce GTX 970
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
9098.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 970
3494.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
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)
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)
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)