NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM)

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) is a desktop graphics card that launched in Q1 2022. It is built on the Ampere GPU microarchitecture (codename GA106) and is manufactured on a 8 nm process.

Memory

The RTX 3050 has 8 GB of GDDR6 memory, with a 1,750 MHz memory clock and a 128 bit interface. This gives it a memory bandwidth of 224 Gb/s, which affects how fast it can transfer data to and from memory. GPU memory stores temporary data that helps the GPU with complex math and graphics operations. More memory is generally better, as not having enough can cause performance bottlenecks.

Cores and Clock Speeds

The RTX 3050 includes 2,304 CUDA cores, the processing units for handling parallel computing tasks. The GPU operates at a core clock speed of 1,515 MHz and can dynamically boost its clock speed up to 1,755 MHz. Complementing the processing units are 72 texture mapping units (TMUs) for efficient texture filtering and 32 render output units (ROPs) for pixel processing. Additionally, the GPU features 72 tensor cores optimized for AI-accelerated workloads and 18 RT cores dedicated to real-time ray tracing calculations.

Compatibility & Power Consumption

The RTX 3050 occupies 2 PCIe expansion slots. It supports HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a display connections. NVIDIA recommends a power supply of at least 300 W to handle the GPU's thermal design power (TDP) of 130 W.

Benchmark Performance

The RTX 3050 has the 107th best 3DMark 11 Performance GPU score among the 543 benchmarked GPUs in our database. It achieves 20.42% of the performance of the best benchmarked GPU, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.