RTX 3050 vs RTX 5050 Laptop GPU
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 3050 is 20.9 % stronger than RTX 5050 Laptop GPU. RTX 3050 ranks #31 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (2,190 GPU score over 1 verified runs). RTX 5050 Laptop GPU ranks #33 of 43 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (1,811 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 3050 | RTX 5050 Laptop GPU |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 2,190 | 1,811 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 2,861 | 2,662 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 9.1 FPS | 1.4 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 11.1 FPS | 14.4 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 10.9 FPS | 20.5 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 30.4 FPS | 10.5 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 55 GB/s | 90 GB/s |
| VRAM | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
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
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