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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 — Benchmarks & Specs

8 GB VRAM130W TDP$249 MSRP2022
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is a graphics card from the Ampere family released in 2022 from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, 130W TDP. It launched with a $249 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current Amazon listings. Data on this page draws on 1+ Amazon listings, 5 synthetic benchmark results, 8 community AI inference reports, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).

Synthetic Benchmarks

Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.

3DMark Fire Strike via Club386
15,843 points
PassMark G3D Mark via PassMark
12,495 pts
3DMark Time Spy via 3DMark
6,587 points
3DMark Steel Nomad via UL Benchmarks
1,337 points
PassMark G2D Mark via PassMark
918 pts

AI Inference Performance

Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.

llama3.2:1b q4_K_M via LocalScore.ai
98.0 tok/s
qwen3:235b Q8 via LocalLLaMA
50.0 tok/s
qwen3:0.6b via LocalLLaMA
47.1 tok/s
llama3.1:8b q4_K_M via LocalScore.ai
37.8 tok/s
qwen3:97b Q5 via LocalLLaMA
29.0 tok/s
mistral:7b q4_K_M via DEV Community
28.6 tok/s
qwen3:235b Q3 via LocalLLaMA
11.0 tok/s
gemma:26b q4_0 via LocalLLaMA
5.0 tok/s

Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

Full Specifications

tdp w130
vram gb8
vram typeGDDR6
cuda cores2560

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 best used for?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 is positioned as a 8 GB VRAM Ampere-family graphics card. Use it for 1080p gaming and general productivity. See the synthetic + AI benchmark tables below for measured performance.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 released, and what was its launch MSRP?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 launched in 2022 at a $249 MSRP. Street prices diverge from launch pricing over a product's lifetime — check the linked Amazon listings on this page for current availability.
Where do the benchmark numbers on this page come from?
Synthetic benchmarks are scraped from public databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench Browser, Cinebench leaderboards). AI inference numbers come from the LocalLLaMA community (Reddit threads, llama.cpp / Ollama discussion logs, and Phoronix when available). Every benchmark row carries an inline source citation — click through to verify the original number.
Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 run local LLMs?
Yes — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has 8 AI inference benchmarks on file (see the AI Inference Performance section above for model + tokens-per-second numbers).
Where can I buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050?
Amazon listings are linked at the top of this page (in the hero CTA) and in the "Products Featuring this Hardware" section below. SpecPicks earns a small affiliate commission on qualifying purchases.

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