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GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks (1165% in 3DMark Speed Way); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 takes 2 (48% in 3DMark Time Spy). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 generates 37.8 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 25.9 for the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB (per LocalScore AI), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

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Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 3050 6 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
vram gb 68
vram type —GDDR6
tdp w —130
cuda cores —2560

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Club386, Notebookcheck, GPU-Monkey, 3DMark, TechPowerUp, UL Benchmarks, TopCPU.net, Trusted Reviews and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 3050 6 GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Club386, Notebookcheck		 —14,754 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —7,355 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, GPU-Monkey		 6,800 points3,569 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Notebookcheck		 12,400 points980 points
3DMark Speed Way (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —1,429 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: UL Benchmarks, 3DMark		 1,003 points1,337 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net		 4,487 points6,657 points
3DMark Time Spy (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —6,077 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Trusted Reviews		 —2,991 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics score) (higher is better)
Source: GPU-Monkey		 —2,787 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 —918 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 10,744 points12,495 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050?

The GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks (1165% in 3DMark Speed Way); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 takes 2 (48% in 3DMark Time Spy).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 generates 37.8 tokens/s (per LocalScore.ai) against 25.9 for the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB (per LocalScore AI), best community run on file for each.

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