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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
- 6,100
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 1,450
- PassMark G3D
- 10,000
- 1080p Ultra
- 56 fps
- 1440p Ultra
- 40 fps
- 4K Ultra
- 21 fps
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, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
