Question I9-9900t: RTX 3050 or RTX 3060

[Imacflier]

Hi All,

Use case; general office, gaming, rendering, CAD in order of use.

I have an Elitedesk 800 mini with the I-9900t installed. I also have, on hand, an RTX 3050 and an RTX 3060.

Which of the two GPUs will better pair with the I-9900t (and why)?

Please note that the GPU will be externally mounted via an ADT-Link M.2 Key M NVMe External Graphics Card Stand Bracket with PCIe3.0 x4 Riser Cable (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XYZSX55/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1​

Although compatible, I do not want to upgrade to an I9-9900k at this time although it is a possibility if I can solve the cooling problem.

TIA,

Larry

 

[boju]

For everything you've stated, xx60 offers more performance than xx50 series in everything.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

As above^. RTX3060, simples!

 

[artk2219]

Hi All,

Use case; general office, gaming, rendering, CAD in order of use.

I have an Elitedesk 800 mini with the I-9900t installed. I also have, on hand, an RTX 3050 and an RTX 3060.

Which of the two GPUs will better pair with the I-9900t (and why)?

Please note that the GPU will be externally mounted via an ADT-Link M.2 Key M NVMe External Graphics Card Stand Bracket with PCIe3.0 x4 Riser Cable (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07XYZSX55/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1​

Although compatible, I do not want to upgrade to an I9-9900k at this time although it is a possibility if I can solve the cooling problem.

TIA,

Larry

RTX 3060 all the way, 30+ percent more performance with not much more power consumption.

 

[Mattzun]

You are better off with the 3060

Your CPU is fine for either GPU
The PCIe3x4 riser will limit the speed of both cards - probably 15 percent on the 3060
Even if the 3050 doesn't lose any performance, the 3060 is still going to be 15 percent faster

I'm basing the 15 percent loss on a test of the 3060TI with PCIeX4 and PCIeX8
The 3060 is both slower and has more VRAM, so it might have less of a performance loss.