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GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB
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VRAM
6 GB
CUDA
2,304
FP32
6.774 TF
Bandwidth
168 GB/s
TDP
70W
Boost
1470 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute6.774 TFLOPS6%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth168 GB/s9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity6 GB19%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,30411%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency31/10053%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy9,360pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)4,860pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,352spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute64,800pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming26
Ray tracing27
AI / Compute27
Creator / 3D26
Power efficiency31
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 23 fps
1080p
31
1440p
23
4K
14
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 32 fps
1080p
43
1440p
32
4K
20
Alan Wake 2avg 18 fps
1080p
25
1440p
18
4K
11
Forza Horizon 5avg 33 fps
1080p
45
1440p
33
4K
21
Baldur's Gate 3avg 27 fps
1080p
36
1440p
27
4K
17
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
People like it for light 1080p gaming without needing a big power supply. The main complaint is the limited memory hurts performance in newer games and higher settings.
Pros
- Plays 1080p games without breaking a sweat
- Sips power, stays whisper quiet
- Fits easily into smaller PC cases
- Handles modern titles at medium settings
Cons
- VRAM is too low for 2024
- Mediocre 1080p gaming performance
- No real overclocking headroom
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 2,304
- RT Cores
- 18
- Tensor Cores
- 72
- TMUs
- 72
- ROPs
- 32
- L2 cache
- 2 MB
Memory
- Size
- 6 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 96-bit
- Bandwidth
- 168 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1042 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1470 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 6.774 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 6.774 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 47 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 105.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 70W
- Suggested PSU
- 150W
- Power connectors
- None
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x8
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.7
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 3050 6 GB
A budget Ampere card for entry-level gaming, but its crippled 96-bit memory bus seriously limits performance.
Get it if you need a cheap, low-power GPU for basic 1080p gaming or a media PC that fits in tight cases. Skip it if you want to play modern games at decent settings or expect any real ray tracing performance.
Buy it if…
- You run a small form factor PC that needs a low-power card.
- You play older games or esports titles at 1080p on a budget.
- You need an affordable GPU with modern features like ray tracing and DLSS.
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