GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT· REL 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

NVIDIA · Ampere · RTX 30MSRP $249

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is NVIDIA’s entry-level Ampere card aimed at 1080p mainstream. It scores 34/100 on our 1440p gaming index. 8 GB of VRAM is tight for 4K but fine at 1080p / 1440p. Ray tracing works but expect to lean on upscaling for higher resolutions. Supports DLSS 2 for upscaling.

34/100

1440p gaming index

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CORE SPECS

VRAM
8 GB
VRAM BANDWIDTH
224 GB/s
BASE CLOCK
1552 MHz
BOOST CLOCK
1777 MHz
TDP
130 W
FP32
9.1 TFLOPS
RAY TRACING TIER
3 / 5
DLSS / FSR
DLSS 2

PERFORMANCE INDEX

1080p gaming
35/100
1440p gaming
34/100
4K gaming
35/100
Productivity
33/100
AI / compute
38/100

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