NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB sales 2 February 2024 at a recommended price of $179 . This is a desktop graphics card based on an Ampere architecture and made with 8 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 6 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 96 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 168.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is dual-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 242 mm. No additional power connector is required, and power consumption is at 70 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	186
Place by popularity	62
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	37.28
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name	GA107
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	2 February 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$179
Current price	$204 (1.1x MSRP)	of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	2304	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Boost clock speed	1470 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	8,700 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	70 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	105.8	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	96 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	14 GB/s	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	168.0 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.7
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.3
CUDA	8.6

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 3050 6 GB 28.06

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 3050 6 GB 10858

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.