In this era of outrageous graphics card prices, many small partners have to move the target all the way down, for the N card, xx50 this model for entry-level games is also a helpless choice, but ..., NV does not seem to pay much attention, in the mid-range graphics card has long entered the era of light chasing, or use GTX 1x50 to "fool" everyone. Only now, N card has combined entry and light chase, launched RTX 3050, as for whether it is related to the RX 6500 XT released by the opponent, we don't know, we don't dare to guess.
First take a look at the specifications of the RTX 3050, as an entry-level product, the configuration expectations do not need to be too high, but since it is not a light card but has game attributes, of course, it can not be too crotch. In this regard, the RTX 3050's 2560 CUDA cores, 128-bit video memory bandwidth, etc. are still more reassuring, but 20 light-chasing cores, although the so-called more efficient 2nd generation cores, compared to the previous generation of RTX 2060's 30 is still a bit "keying", but more than the RX 6500 XT.
From the core configuration point of view, the gap between RTX 3050 and RTX 3060 is indeed a bit large, can it fight in the end? Let's take a look at the actual test. The test platform adopts Core i9-12900K, Z690 motherboard, DDR5 5200 memory 16GB×2, install Win11 operating system and the latest drivers. Reference graphics cards include A and N, two similarly positioned models. Let's take a look at the 3DMark theory test first.
In two typical tests based on the DX11 and DX12, the RTX 3050 scored closely with the RX 6500 XT and its sibling GTX 1660 SUPER. The RTX 3050 has a more obvious advantage over its peers under the DX 12 engine (TimeSpy), but it is a huge gap compared to the RTX 3060. Let's look at the actual game performance.
Compared with the slightly higher positioning of the RTX xx60 series, the RTX 3050 is really not very good, but it is almost exactly the same as the GTX 1660 SUPER, in addition to being able to experience the light chase, the experience will probably not have a significant difference, and the entry-level positioning is appropriate. But compared with the rival RX 6500 XT, the RTX 3050 has obvious advantages in most projects, coupled with the obviously stronger light chasing ability, which is basically in line with the gap of official pricing, of course, only from the perspective of official pricing....