GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
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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.
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
Performance breakdown
FPS Across Resolutions
What Owners Say
Owners like it for 1080p gaming on a budget, calling it a decent upgrade from old cards. The usual gripe is it struggles with modern titles unless you turn settings way down.
- Sips power, stays whisper quiet
- Handles 1080p gaming smoothly
- Plays modern games at medium settings
- Great for budget PC builds
- Too slow for modern 1440p gaming
- VRAM limits some texture-heavy titles
- No ray tracing worth using
Supported technologies
Full specifications
- CUDA Cores
- 2,560
- RT Cores
- 20
- Tensor Cores
- 80
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- L2 cache
- 2 MB
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1750 MHz
- Base clock
- 1552 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1777 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 9.098 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 9.098 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 57 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 142.2 GTexel/s
- TDP
- 130W
- Suggested PSU
- 250W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x8
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.6
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
Our verdict on the RTX 3050 8 GB
A budget-friendly 1080p card that’s quiet and efficient, but its performance barely beats older, cheaper options.
Get it if you need a basic, new graphics card for 1080p gaming in a tight budget build with no used market access. Skip it if you want modern performance for newer games, or can find a used card with better value for similar money.
Buy it if…
- You are upgrading a prebuilt Dell or HP with no extra power cables.
- You need a basic ray tracing card for cheap on a tight budget.
- You play esports titles at 1080p and want a simple, low-power card.
Its place in the overall top
2,359 votes