RTX 3050 vs NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 3050 is 5.7 % stronger than NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU. RTX 3050 ranks #54 of 74 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (2,670 GPU score in its best run — best of 3 rigs, 3 verified runs). NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU ranks #55 of 74 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (2,526 GPU score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 4 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 3050 | NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score, best run (the card's own performance) | 2,670 | 2,526 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 3,373 | 3,675 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 10.4 FPS | 11.2 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 13.7 FPS | 13.8 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 13.7 FPS | 11.4 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 53.9 FPS | 46.4 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 74 GB/s | 90 GB/s |
| VRAM | 8 GB | 6 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for RTX 3050 · All measurements for NVIDIA RTX A3000 Laptop GPU