RTX 2060 or RTX 3050

Submitted by democracyab t3_z9isty in deeplearning

Hello Deep learners!

I want to upgrade my veteran 1050 Ti for training deep models. I have a limited budget so I consider to buy RTX 2060 or RTX 3050. However I can't decide which to buy. The 2060 is more powerful but its 6GB memory can be a painful like my 1050. On the other hand, the 3050 8GB memory is good but it is not recommended in any deep learning blogs and it has a lower performance in some games. I'm confused. Help me which of these cards I have to buy.

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update 1:

Finally I decide to buy a RTX 3060 12GB. Thanks to all contributors.

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neinbullshit t1_iyh26a4 wrote

Higher memory is generally better for deep learning tasks. Specially with the size of models now

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ApplicationBoth1829 t1_iyi2jon wrote

2060 with 12g vram definitely better.

Tesla p40 is also a good choice，it is slower but 24g vram for less than 150$(modification required).

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mr_birrd t1_iyjlsb4 wrote

p40 for less than 150???

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ApplicationBoth1829 t1_iylhuux wrote

As far as i know, yes. At least in China. You can get p40 for about 130$.

Dont worry, its not fake, it just come from old server retired by the company.

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ApplicationBoth1829 t1_iylijsp wrote

In China, electronic components are much cheaper, so creazy thing always happens.

I just modified my 2080ti to 22g and it worked just fine.

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incrediblediy t1_iyh9xby wrote

Used RTX3060 would be better, with 12GB VRAM too. It helped me greatly. what is your budget ? even new 3060 is around US$300 here.

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democracyab OP t1_iyhft8r wrote

My budget is limited and I can't buy 3060 :(

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incrediblediy t1_iyho8ms wrote

how much is 3050 ?

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democracyab OP t1_iyht5yv wrote

in my country both of them are near 300$ but 3060 is around 400$. If I want to upgrade to 3060, I have to upgrade my psu that cause me an extra cost!

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incrediblediy t1_iyjrk9c wrote

get a used card (may be $200 ?), not brand new. PSU are not that expensive now (may be $50?), I used to have a 450W Silverstone 80+ Bronze with Ryzen5600x + RTX3060, it worked well.

Anyway, you will need a PSU for RTX2060 as well. RTX2060 & RTX3060 has almost same power requirement.

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democracyab OP t1_iym8uul wrote

Thanks for your advice. I bought a brand new 3060 for 380$

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incrediblediy t1_iyu4mwi wrote

That's wonderful! hope it will be helpful for you :) You could do proper gaming with that too, I played Cyberpunk 2077 @ 1080P with Ray tracing Ultra preset with DLSS at about 55-60 fps

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nutpeabutter t1_iyh6f22 wrote

  1. 3 times the tensor cores and 1.5x the bandwidth. 6 and 8gb really ain't much.
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