NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB is ahead by 4% on our index and meets the recommended card of 12 more games. Below: where each one wins.
Performance index 26 27
Video memory 8 GB 12 GB
Rated power 130 W 170 W
Launch price $249 $329
Index per $100 10.4 8.2
Games at recommended 256 268
Released20252021
FeaturesDLSS · FSR · ray tracingDLSS · FSR · ray tracing
At 1440p in the heaviest games
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 22425
- Fortnite2728
- Palworld2728
Modelled FPS, high preset, AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. Left: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050; right: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB.
Games only the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB runs at recommended
- Schedule I
- Call of Duty®
- Battlefield™ 2042
- War Robots: Frontiers
- Halo Infinite
- SCP: Secret Laboratory
- Satisfactory
- Squad
And 4 more.
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB?
No — the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB scores 27 on our index to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050's 26, a 4% gap.
Which one runs more games at the recommended spec?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 meets the recommended graphics card of 256 of 274 games; the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB, 268.