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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Ampere's entry ticket: 2,560 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with real RT cores and DLSS support inside a 130W single-8-pin envelope. Comfortable at 1080p medium-to-high, and the cheapest way onto NVIDIA's ray-tracing feature set.
Pros
- Full DLSS and RT feature set at an entry price
- 8GB of VRAM avoids the 6GB squeeze
- Only 130W from a single 8-pin connector
- Turing-class NVENC encoder for streaming
Cons
- 128-bit bus keeps it pinned to 1080p
- Ray tracing is only playable with DLSS and reduced settings
- $249 MSRP was fiction for most of its first year
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process
- 8 nm
- TDP
- 130 W
- Power connector
- 1x 8-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 2,560
- RT cores
- 20
- Tensor / AI cores
- 80
- Base clock
- 1,552 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1,777 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 8 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 128 bit
- Bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 6,100Bottom 21%
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 1,450Bottom 2%
- PassMark G3D
- 10,000Bottom 14%
- 1080p Ultra
- 56 fpsBottom 8%
- 1440p Ultra
- 40 fpsBottom 8%
- 4K Ultra
- 21 fpsBottom 8%
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4 (no FG)
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 earns an Inno Score of 38/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Ampere's entry ticket: 2,560 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus, with real RT cores and DLSS support inside a 130W single-8-pin envelope. Comfortable at 1080p medium-to-high, and the cheapest way onto NVIDIA's ray-tracing feature set.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050?
VRAM: 8 GB · Boost clock: 1,777 MHz · TDP: 130 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 6,100
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, Intel Arc A380, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
