FPSVersusGeForce GTX 980 vs GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
Performance score
GeForce GTX 980 and GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop are almost equally fast (under 3% apart) — choose by price, socket and platform.
The score is our own estimate from the specs (core count, clock, architecture), not FPS from benchmarks. 100 = the fastest card in our database.
Real tests
What the test measures
Blender is a popular free 3D graphics program. The test makes the device render three ready-made 3D scenes (light, shadows, reflections) and counts how many render passes it finishes per minute. The higher the number, the faster the device handles heavy work: 3D, video editing, photo processing. On a CPU the test loads all cores at once, so it shows the chip's full power; on a graphics card it shows its compute strength.
Median of real test runs on users' computers. It does not show FPS in games. Data updated: 31.10.2026.
Overview
| GeForce GTX 980 | GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop | |
|---|---|---|
| Score (0–100) | 11.67 | 11.76 |
| Ranking position | 146 | 144 |
| Power efficiency (0–100) | 33.91 | no data |
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Type | Desktop | Laptop |
| Architecture | Maxwell | Ampere |
Specifications
| GeForce GTX 980 | GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop | |
|---|---|---|
| Shader cores | 2048 | 2048 |
| Base clock | 1126 MHz | no data |
| Boost clock | 1216 MHz | 990–1740 MHz |
| FP32 TFLOPS (calculated) | 4.98 | 7.13 |
| Hardware ray tracing | no | yes |
| Upscaling | no data | DLSS 2 |
Video memory
| GeForce GTX 980 | GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 256 bit | no data |
Power and connection
| GeForce GTX 980 | GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop | |
|---|---|---|
| Board power | 165 W | 35–80 W |
| PCI Express version | no data | 4.0 |
Pros and cons
GeForce GTX 980
- no notable advantages
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
- has hardware ray tracing
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