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RTX 3050 – Inno3D Twin X2 OC & MSI Gaming X

Driver Notes

  • All Nvidia GPUs (except RTX 3050) were benchmarked with the 511.23 driver.
  • RTX 3050 was benchmarked with the 511.32 driver supplied to press.
  • All AMD GPUs (except RX 6500 XT) were benchmarked with the public Adrenalin 22.1.1 driver.
  • RX 6500 XT was benchmarked with the Adrenalin 22.1.1 driver supplied to press.

Test System

We test using the a custom built system from Cyberpower, based on Intel's Alder Lake platform. You can buy your own system from Cyberpower HERE.

CPU
Intel Core i9-12900K
Motherboard
MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI
Memory
 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 5200MHz (2 X 16GB)
CL 40-40-40-77
Graphics Card
Varies
SSD
 2TB Seagate FireCuda 530
Chassis Corsair 5000D Airflow
CPU Cooler
 Corsair H150i Pro XT
Power Supply
 Corsair 1200W HX Series Modular 80 Plus Platinum
Operating System
Windows 11 21H2

Comparison Graphics Cards List

  • Gigabyte RX 6600 Eagle 8GB
  • Gigabyte RX 6500 XT Eagle 4GB
  • ASRock RX 5500 XT Challenger 8GB
  • Sapphire RX 5500 XT Pulse 4GB
  • Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB
  • ASUS ROG RX 570 Strix OC 4GB
  • Palit RTX 3060 StormX 12GB
  • Gigabyte RTX 3050 Eagle 8GB
  • Palit RTX 3050 StormX OC 8GB
  • Nvidia RTX 2060 FE 6GB
  • Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super Gaming 6GB
  • Palit GTX 1650 Super StormX OC 4GB
  • Gigabyte GTX 1650 Gaming OC 4GB
  • Nvidia GTX 1060 Founders Edition (FE) 6GB

Software and Games List

  • 3DMark Fire Strike & Fire Strike Ultra (DX11 Synthetic)
  • Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12)
  • Hitman 3 (DX12)
  • Watch Dogs: Legion (DX12)

We run each benchmark/game three times, and present mean averages in our graphs. We use FrameView to measure average frame rates as well as 1% low values across our three runs.

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