NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB videocard review

GeForce RTX 3050 8GB videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 4 Jan 2022. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA106.

Core clock speed - 1552 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1777 MHz. Texture fill rate - 142.2 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 2560. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Transistors count - 12000 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 130 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR6. Maximum RAM amount - 8 GB. Memory bus width - 128 bit. Memory clock speed - 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective. Memory bandwidth - 224.0 GB/s.

Benchmarks

PassMark
G2D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

1294

930

PassMark
G3D Mark

Top 1 GPU

This GPU

38529

12783

Name	Value
PassMark - G2D Mark	930
PassMark - G3D Mark	12783

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA106
Launch date	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	45
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1777 MHz
Core clock speed	1552 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	142.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	9.098 TFLOPS
Pipelines	2560
Pixel fill rate	56.86 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	142.2 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt
Transistor count	12000 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	224.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	128 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6