GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 sales 16 December 2022 at a recommended price of $249 . 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. 8 GB of GDDR6 memory clocked at 14 GB/s are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 224.0 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 115 Watt.
General info
Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020−2022) | |
| GPU code name | GA107 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 16 December 2022 (1 year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $249 |
Technical specs
GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2560 | of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT) |
| Boost clock speed | 1777 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Number of transistors | 8,700 million | of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1070 SLI Mobile) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 8 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 115 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 142.2 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
Size and compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 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 8 GB GA107: 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 | 8 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 14 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 224.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
Video outputs and ports
Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107. 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 8 GB GA107, 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 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB GA107 according to our statistics.
