NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB videocard review

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB

GeForce RTX 3050 6GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 6 Jul 2022. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA107.

Core clock speed - 1237 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1492 MHz. Texture fill rate - 119.4 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 2560. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Transistors count - 8700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 75 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 6 GB. Memory bus width - 96 bit. Memory clock speed - 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 144.0 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
1295
807
PassMark
G3D Mark
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
38582
10638
Geekbench
OpenCL
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
345616
56675
3DMark Fire Strike
Graphics Score
Top 1 GPU
This GPU
36466
4842
Name Value
PassMark - G2D Mark 807
PassMark - G3D Mark 10638
Geekbench - OpenCL 56675
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4842

Games performance

Avatar Frontiers of Pandora (2023)

Low, 1920x108039.50
Medium, 1920x108036.30
High, 1920x108031.50
Ultra, 1920x108023.40
QHD, 2560x144015.10

Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)

Low, 1920x108070.00
Medium, 1920x108063.00
High, 1920x108055.00
Ultra, 1920x108041.00
QHD, 2560x144031.00

Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Phantom Liberty (2023)

Low, 1920x108061.40
Medium, 1920x108047.90
High, 1920x108039.90
Ultra, 1920x108034.15
QHD, 2560x144021.30

F1 23 (2023)

Low, 1920x1080132.00
Medium, 1920x1080125.10
High, 1920x108092.20
Ultra, 1920x108023.25
QHD, 2560x144012.45

Returnal (2023)

Low, 1920x108040.00
Medium, 1920x108038.00
High, 1920x108034.00
Ultra, 1920x108029.00

F1 22 (2022)

Low, 1920x1080150.20
Medium, 1920x1080145.30
High, 1920x1080109.50
Ultra, 1920x108033.60
QHD, 2560x144019.10

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)

Low, 1920x1080113.30
Medium, 1920x108089.70
High, 1920x108059.20
Ultra, 1920x108046.40

Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 (2022)

Low, 1920x108080.80
Medium, 1920x108064.20
High, 1920x108046.40
Ultra, 1920x108038.50

F1 2021 (2021)

Low, 1280x720218.00
Medium, 1920x1080127.40
High, 1920x1080104.80
Ultra, 1920x108061.90
QHD, 2560x144040.00

Strange Brigade (2018)

Low, 1280x720233.00
Medium, 1920x1080104.65
High, 1920x108086.40
Ultra, 1920x108075.60
QHD, 2560x144057.10

Far Cry 5 (2018)

Low, 1280x720132.00
Medium, 1920x108082.50
High, 1920x108076.00
Ultra, 1920x108070.50
QHD, 2560x144052.00

X-Plane 11.11 (2018)

Low, 1280x720140.60
Medium, 1920x1080116.20
High, 1920x108097.10

Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)

Low, 1280x720128.20
Medium, 1920x108070.30
High, 1920x108051.20
QHD34.70

Dota 2 Reborn (2015)

Low, 1280x720152.80
Medium, 1366x768131.00
High, 1920x1080112.60
Ultra, 1920x108099.50

The Witcher 3 (2015)

Low, 1024x768236.00
Medium, 1366x768138.55
High, 1920x108091.40
Ultra, 1920x108050.10
QHD37.00

GTA V (2015)

Low, 1024x768177.90
Medium, 1366x768172.30
High, 1920x1080119.50
Ultra, 1920x108062.70
QHD39.60

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture Ampere
Code name GA107
Launch date 6 Jul 2022
Place in performance rating 154

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1492 MHz
Core clock speed 1237 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm
Pipelines 2560
Pixel fill rate 47.74 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 119.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 75 Watt
Transistor count 8700 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP
Interface PCIe 4.0 x8
Supplementary power connectors None

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 6 GB
Memory bandwidth 144.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 96 bit
Memory clock speed 1500 MHz, 12 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6