NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB sales 27 January 2022 at a recommended price of $199 . 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. 4 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 12 GB/s are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 192.0 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. 1x 6-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 90 Watt.
We have no data on GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB benchmark results.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3050 4 GB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | 39 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA107 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 27 January 2022 (2 years old) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | |
| Current price | $1289 (6.5x MSRP) | of 168889 (A100 PCIe 80 GB) |
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 3050 4 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 4 GB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1740 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 (GeForce RTX 4080) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 90 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 111.4 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3050 4 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 | 1x 6-pin |
Memory
Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 3050 4 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 | 4 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 19000 (GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB) |
| Memory clock speed | 12 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 192.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3050 4 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 support
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 3050 4 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 4 GB. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.
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%
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