Videocardz has published the first 3DMark benchmarks of the new RTX 3050, which give us an idea of how it will perform. Apparently, it will be able to keep up with the GTX 1660 Ti, which is very encouraging considering the disappointing launch of the RX 6500 XT.
In 3DMark Time Spy, the RTX 3050 scores 6166 in the GPU test, compared to 6300 for a GTX 1660 Ti and 4970 for the RX 6500 XT, which is a pretty good performance.
In 3DMark Time Spy Extreme, the graphics card scored 2801 points in the GPU test, compared to 2900 for the GTX 1660 Ti and 2250 for the RX 6500 XT, which is also a good position.
Finally, in 3DMark Fire Strike, the graphics card scores 15843 points in the GPU test, compared to 16774 points for the GTX 1660 TI and 15260 points for the RX 6500 XT. This is a benchmark where Ampere usually doesn’t perform the best and RDNA2 usually has a big advantage, so it’s not very representative of the difference we’ll see in most games.
The software used for the test was 3DMark Time Spy, and in the Time Spy Extreme test, the RTX 3050 scored about 46% lower than the RTX 3060, so the performance is not very impressive, so this card may not be a flagship positioning. the performance of the RTX 3050 is closer to the GTX 1660Ti, but the RTX 3050 has the new The RTX 3050 is closer to the GTX 1660Ti, but the RTX 3050 has the new ray tracing and DLSS technology, making it more suitable for gamers as an entry-level option.
As it stands, the RTX 3050 will offer good performance. It’s roughly equivalent to a GTX 1660 Ti with 8GB of VRAM, as well as DLSS and ray tracing support, which will undoubtedly make it a great choice for gaming. This new card from Nvidia will hit the market next Thursday. So it won’t be long before we see the first reviews to know its performance, and the first retail offers to know its price.
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