ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming Graphics Card

Name: ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming Graphics Card - PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech Fan Design, Protective
Brand: Unbranded
SKU: B09SGR87JL

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Bottom line: The ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming Graphics Card: 8GB GDDR6 on PCIe 4.0 clears the 6GB wall most 1080p titles hit; main trade-off: 8GB VRAM limits 1440p texture settings in newer releases.

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By Mike Perry, Founder & Editor-in-Chief · Listing data updated 2026-10-06

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Pros & Cons

Pros

✓ 8GB GDDR6 on PCIe 4.0 clears the 6GB wall most 1080p titles hit
✓ 2nd-gen RT cores plus 3rd-gen tensor cores enable DLSS and ray tracing
✓ Axial-tech fan reverses center rotation to cut turbulence noise
✓ Dual ball bearings rated to outlast sleeve-bearing fans by 2x

Cons

✗ 8GB VRAM limits 1440p texture settings in newer releases
✗ RTX 3050 is entry-tier Ampere, not a 1440p or 4K card
✗ Single-fan Phoenix cooler runs louder under load than dual-fan models
✗ HDMI 2.1 and DP 1.4a only; no DisplayPort 2.1 for newer high-refresh panels

Manufacturer description

ASUS Phoenix GeForce RTX™ 3050 provides high performance output in a robust package. A large fan uses Axial-tech fan design and a dual-ball bearing fan that lasts twice as long as lesser alternatives. Each card uses a fully-automated Auto-Extreme Technology manufacturing process and passes a 144-hour gaming stress test.

SpecPicks Verdict

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Key Features

NVIDIA Ampere Streaming Multiprocessors: The all-new Ampere SM brings 2X the FP32 throughput and improved power efficiency.
2nd Generation RT Cores: Experience 2X the throughput of 1st gen RT Cores, plus concurrent RT and shading for a whole new level of ray-tracing performance.
3rd Generation Tensor Cores: Get up to 2X the throughput with structural sparsity and advanced AI algorithms such as DLSS. These cores deliver a massive boost in game performance and all-new AI capabilities.
Axial-tech fan design has been newly tuned with a reversed central fan direction for less turbulence.
Dual ball fan bearings can last up to twice as long as sleeve bearing designs.

Full Specifications

Brand	ASUS
Model Name	PH-RTX3050-8G
Model Number	‎PH-RTX3050-8G
Built-In Media	Collection card, PH-RTX3050-8G Graphics card, Speedsetup manual
Item Type Name	Graphic Card
Number of Fans	1
Mfr Part Number	90YV0HH2-M0AA00
Video Processor	NVIDIA
Antenna Location	Gaming
Graphics Card Ram	8 GB
Graphics Ram Size	8 GB
Graphics Ram Type	GDDR6
Compatible Devices	Desktop
Memory Clock Speed	1480 MHz
Graphics Coprocessor	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Graphics Description	ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 with 8GB GDDR6 memory
Warranty Description	3 years
Item Dimensions L x W	7"L x 5"W
Video Output Interface	PCI Express
2nd Generation RT Cores	Experience 2X the throughput of 1st gen RT Cores, plus concurrent RT and shading for a whole new level of ray-tracing performance.
Full listing title	ASUS Phoenix NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Gaming Graphics Card - PCIe 4.0, 8GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Axial-tech Fan Design, Protective Backplate, Dual Ball Fan Bearings, Auto-Extreme

Performance Data

View gaming FPS, AI inference throughput, and synthetic scores for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 — the core hardware component in this product. Benchmarks sourced from TechPowerUp, PassMark, and the r/LocalLLaMA community.

Related benchmarks: GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB benchmarks

Which local LLMs fit in 8 GB?

8 GB holds an 8B model at Q4 with a few thousand tokens of context; a 12–14B model needs 12 GB.

✅ 7–9B models (Llama 3.1 8B, Qwen 3 8B) — fits at Q4
❌ 12–14B models (Qwen 3 14B, Phi-4) — needs 12 GB+
❌ 20–27B models (Gemma 3 27B, Mistral Small) — needs 20 GB+
❌ 30–35B models (Qwen 3 32B, QwQ 32B) — needs 24 GB+
❌ 70B models (Llama 3.3 70B, Qwen 2.5 72B) — needs 48 GB+

Across 10 community runs from 4 sources, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 generates a median 29.4 tok/s on 7–9B models at Q4 (per llmrun.dev).

Per-model VRAM guide: which GPU for which LLM →

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