NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA Entry-level
NVIDIA Ampere graphics card released in 2022 with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory.
Perf. index
18 / 4090=100
VRAM
8 GB GDDR6
Board power
130 W
Launch price
$249 2022
Faster than 17% of the 71 GPUs we track
RTX 3050 specifications
| Architecture | Ampere |
|---|---|
| Release year | 2022 |
| Shading units | 2,560 |
| Boost clock | 1777 MHz |
| Peak FP32 compute | 9.1 TFLOPS |
| Memory | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128-bit |
| Board power (TDP) | 130 W |
| Launch MSRP | $249 |
| Est. performance index | 18 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
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Specifications from manufacturer reference data. Performance index is an estimate based on publicly available benchmarks; real-world results vary by game and system.