RTX 3050 – Inno3D Twin X2 OC & MSI Gaming X

1. Introduction2. Inno3D RTX 3050 Twin X2 OC3. MSI RTX 3050 Gaming X4. Testing Methodology5. 3DMark Fire Strike6. 3DMark DirectX Raytracing7. 1080p Game Benchmarks8. Clock Speed9. GPU Temperatures10. Acoustics11. Noise-Normalised Temperatures12. Power Consumption13. Overclocking14. Closing Thoughts15. View All Pages

Following on from our stock thermal and acoustic testing, here we re-test the operating temperature of the GPU, but with noise levels normalised to 40dBa. This allows us to measure the efficiency of the overall cooling solution as varying noise levels as a result of more aggressive fan curves are no longer a factor.

Noise-normalised thermals really shows the benefit to the extra size and heft of the Gaming X's heatsink. We had to increase fan speed up to 54% (1990rpm) to hit 40dBa, resulting in a GPU temperature of below 50C, while the hot spot hit just 63C.

Interestingly, for the Twin X2 OC, we increased the fan speed to 64% (2070rpm) and that saw noise-normalised results basically matching the Palit StormX OC. You may be wondering how that is possible, but the StormX OC's cooler is actually the same one as used on the RTX 3060 model, so it's got a total of 3 heatpipes crammed in there – one more than even the Twin X2 OC.

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