NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 videocard review

GeForce RTX 3050 8GB GA107 videocard released by NVIDIA; release date: 16 Dec 2022. The videocard is based on Ampere microarchitecture codenamed GA107.

Core clock speed - 1552 MHz. Boost clock speed - 1777 MHz. Texture fill rate - 142.2 GTexel/s. Pipelines - 2560. Manufacturing process technology - 8 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 115 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.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	Ampere
Code name	GA107
Launch date	16 Dec 2022
Place in performance rating	not rated
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)	115 Watt

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Length	242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-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