NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile Comparison

The Verdict

The recorded data presents a decisive outcome: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile wins all eight head-to-head benchmark comparisons against the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile. The RTX 3050 A Mobile records zero wins, while the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile records eight. The average benchmark score of the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is 35,435, placing it in the 80th percentile of all GPUs, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile averages 8,746, sitting in the 44th percentile. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the newer part, released on 2025-02-28, and remains in active production, whereas the RTX 3050 A Mobile, released on 2023-12-31, is end-of-life. For any workload where performance is the primary criterion, the data points exclusively to the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile. The RTX 3050 A Mobile, with its 4 GB memory and lower compute throughput, is positioned far behind in every measured metric.

Architecture Differences

The two GPUs come from different generations and architectures. The RTX 3050 A Mobile is based on the Ampere architecture, using the GA106 chip fabricated by Samsung on an 8 nm process. It contains 12,000 million transistors on a 276 mm² die, yielding a transistor density of 43.5M per mm². In contrast, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB205 chip, built by TSMC on a 5 nm process. This newer chip packs 31,100 million transistors into a 263 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 118.3M per mm². The density difference, 118.3M versus 43.5M per mm², reflects the substantial process and design advancements between generations.

The memory subsystems are also markedly different. The RTX 3050 A Mobile offers 4 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit bus, with a bandwidth of 192.0 GB/s and an effective memory clock of 12 Gbps. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile provides 12 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 192-bit bus, with bandwidth of 672.0 GB/s and an effective memory clock of 28 Gbps. That is triple the capacity and more than triple the bandwidth. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile also uses a wider PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile uses PCIe 4.0 x8.

Compute resources differ substantially. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has 1,792 shading units, 56 TMUs, 32 ROPs, 14 RT cores, and 56 tensor cores. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has 5,888 shading units, 184 TMUs, 80 ROPs, 46 RT cores, and 184 tensor cores. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile delivers 17.04 TFLOPS of FP32 and FP16 performance, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile delivers 4.813 TFLOPS for both. Pixel rate for the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is 115.8 GPixel/s versus 42.98 GPixel/s, and texture rate is 266.2 GTexel/s versus 75.21 GTexel/s. Power consumption is higher for the newer part at 60 W, compared to 45 W for the older one, but both use no external power connectors and have IGP slot width. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has a lower base clock of 847 MHz versus 1065 MHz, and a higher boost clock of 1447 MHz versus 1343 MHz.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile dominates in every recorded test. The largest margin is in Geekbench OpenCL, where the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 143,870 against 52,998 for the RTX 3050 A Mobile, a delta of 63.2% in favor of the newer GPU. In Passmark DirectX 10, the scores are 151 versus 61, a 59.6% lead. Passmark DirectX 11 shows 237 versus 94, a 60.3% advantage. Passmark DirectX 12 results are 102 versus 55, a 46.1% difference, the narrowest margin among all tests. Passmark DirectX 9 shows 259 versus 152, a 41.3% lead. The 2D graphics test, Passmark G2D, records 981 versus 526, a 46.4% gap. The primary 3D performance metric, Passmark G3D, shows 24,004 versus 11,664, a 51.4% difference. Passmark GPU Compute records 10,101 versus 4,419, a 56.3% lead.

The nearest rivals data places these two GPUs in entirely different performance tiers. The RTX 3050 A Mobile's closest competitors are the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 v2 (average score 8,743, delta 0%), the NVIDIA Quadro P2200 (8,686, delta 0.7%), the AMD Radeon R9 M265X (8,851, delta 1.2% above), and the AMD Radeon Pro WX 5100 (8,863, delta 1.3% above). The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile, by contrast, competes with the NVIDIA Quadro GV100 (35,520, delta 0.2% above), the AMD Radeon Pro Duo (35,860, delta 1.2% above), the NVIDIA A2 (34,690, delta 2.1% below), and the NVIDIA T1000 (36,289, delta 2.4% above). The RTX 3050 A Mobile sits among much older or lower-tier hardware, while the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile's average score of 35,435 is roughly four times higher.

FAQ

Q: Which GPU has higher memory capacity?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Mobile has 12 GB of GDDR7 memory, while the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Mobile has 4 GB of GDDR6 memory.

Q: What is the memory bandwidth difference?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile delivers 672.0 GB/s over a 192-bit bus, whereas the RTX 3050 A Mobile delivers 192.0 GB/s over a 128-bit bus. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile provides more than three times the bandwidth.

Q: How does the transistor density compare between the two chips?

A: The RTX 3050 A Mobile's GA106 chip has a transistor density of 43.5M per mm² on an 8 nm Samsung process. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile's GB205 chip has a density of 118.3M per mm² on a 5 nm TSMC process.

Q: Which GPU has a higher boost clock?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile boosts to 1447 MHz, compared to 1343 MHz for the RTX 3050 A Mobile. The RTX 3050 A Mobile has a higher base clock at 1065 MHz versus 847 MHz, but the boost clock favors the newer part.

Q: What are the Passmark G3D scores for each GPU?

A: The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 24,004 in Passmark G3D, while the RTX 3050 A Mobile scores 11,664. This represents a 51.4% advantage for the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile.

Q: In which test does the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile show its smallest lead?

A: The smallest margin is in Passmark DirectX 12, where the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile scores 102 versus 55 for the RTX 3050 A Mobile, a 46.1% difference. All other tests show larger gaps.

Q: Do both GPUs support the same modern graphics APIs?

A: Yes, both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4 according to the recorded data.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile wins in all eight head-to-head benchmarks, so the usage split is heavily one-sided. It delivers the higher score in every category: Geekbench OpenCL, Passmark DirectX 10, DirectX 11, DirectX 12, DirectX 9, G2D, G3D, and GPU Compute. The largest relative advantage, 63.2%, comes in Geekbench OpenCL, which typically reflects general compute throughput. The smallest relative advantage, 41.3%, appears in Passmark DirectX 9, an older API where the gap narrows but still strongly favors the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile.

For compute-heavy workloads, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is the clear choice. Its Passmark GPU Compute score of 10,101 is more than double the RTX 3050 A Mobile's 4,419, and its FP32 throughput of 17.04 TFLOPS dwarfs the 4.813 TFLOPS of the older GPU. The RTX 5070 Ti Mobile also has 46 RT cores versus 14, and 184 tensor cores versus 56, indicating substantially higher capability for ray tracing and AI-accelerated tasks, though specific ray tracing benchmarks were not recorded.

For 2D and general desktop rendering, the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile again wins, with a Passmark G2D score of 981 versus 526. The RTX 3050 A Mobile does not win any category. Its only relative strengths are lower power draw at 45 W versus 60 W, and a smaller die size footprint in terms of physical dimensions, though both are IGP slot width with no power connectors. The RTX 3050 A Mobile also has a higher base clock, but that does not translate into any benchmark victory. The data shows that the RTX 3050 A Mobile is positioned for low-power, legacy or entry-level mobile systems, while the RTX 5070 Ti Mobile is suited for high-performance mobile workstations and gaming laptops where maximum throughput is required.