GeForce RTX 3050 and RTX 3050 Ti mobile, is this the performance?

The puzzle of the technical specifications of the new mobile GPUs GeForce RTX 3050 and GeForce RTX 3050 Ti it is almost completely complete. The site Notebookcheck has confirmed several technical specifications leaked in recent weeks and released some performance tests that give us an idea of ​​what awaits us.

The GeForce RTX 3050 will have 2048 CUDA core, while the most powerful RTX 3050 Ti will count its 2560 core: both will be based on a new GPU called GA107. OEMs will be able to set the TDP of both within a range from 35 to 80W. Other common traits concern memory and the bus, 4GB of GDDR6 on 128-bit bus for a bandwidth of 88 GB / s.

As for the boost frequencies, Notebookcheck indicates 1057 MHz for the 35W RTX 3050 which go up to 1740 MHz for the 80W one. The Ti version instead it pushes to 1035 and 1695 MHz, again depending on the TDP. Consequently, the RTX 3050 should offer a maximum power of 7.2 TFLOPs in the best configuration, while the RTX 3050 Ti should go up to 8.7 TFLOPs.

The specifications of these GPUs suggest that the target is the gaming a 1080p and not beyond, as the test with Shadow of the Tomb Raider in Full HD, where the new graphics chips reach respectively 60 and 69 fps with Ultra details.

Being the first GPUs of the 50 series of the RTX range (which suggests that there will be no lack of RT core and Tensor core units) the comparison must be made with the GTX 1650 Ti mobile: RTX 3050 Gets you 46% more performance in 3DMark Time Spy and 63% in Tomb Raider in Medium detail (44% in Ultra). The RTX 3050, on the other hand, stops at + 37% in the synthetic test and shows a progress of 27/36% (Medium / Ultra) in Tomb Raider. The improvements look very interesting, but it is not clear whether the data were collected on similar systems and therefore totally comparable.