Amazon Renewed ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Gaming Graphics Card
Bottom line: The ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Gaming Graphics Card is a specs-and-price decision rather than a crowd-consensus one in the retro graphics cards category. Check the specification table below against one or two close alternatives — on price and spec fit, not on star ratings.
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Manufacturer description
ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Gaming Graphics Card - PCIe 4.0, 6GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Native DVI-D, 2-Slot Design, Steel Bracket, IP5X Rating, GPU Tweak III
SpecPicks Verdict
SpecPicks scored ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Gaming Graphics Card using a rating × review-volume × price-fit model applied to our editorial and benchmark analysis across the retro graphics cards category. Amazon Renewed's retro graphics cards lineup sits within the broader category mid-tier; price and specs are the deciding factors over brand loyalty here. Judge it on the specification table and the price rather than on sentiment: check the figures that decide your use case, then put it side-by-side with two or three close alternatives in the Compare tool before clicking through.
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Full Specifications
| Brand | ASUS |
|---|---|
| GPU Series | NVIDIA RTX 30 Series |
| Model Name | DUAL-RTX3050-6G |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |
| Built-In Media | DUAL-RTX3050-6G Graphics card, Speedsetup Manual |
| Mfr Part Number | DUAL-RTX3050-6G-cr |
| Video Processor | NVIDIA |
| Graphics Card Ram | 6 GB |
| Graphics Ram Size | 6 GB |
| Graphics Ram Type | GDDR6 |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 |
| Graphics Description | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050, 6GB GDDR6, 1500 MHz (GPU & Memory) |
| Warranty Description | 90 days limited warranty |
| Video Output Interface | HDMI, DisplayPort |
| Graphics Card Interface | PCI Express |
| Display Maximum Resolution | 3840x2160 |
| Display Resolution Maximum | 7680x4320 Pixels |
| Graphics Processor Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Full listing title | ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Gaming Graphics Card - PCIe 4.0, 6GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Native DVI-D, 2-Slot Design, Steel Bracket, IP5X Rating, GPU Tweak III (Renewed) |
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.
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 9 community runs from 4 sources, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 generates a median 29.2 tok/s on 7–9B models at Q4 (per llmrun.dev).
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ASUS Dual NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Gaming Graphics Card - PCIe 4.0, 6GB GDDR6 Memory, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a, Native DVI-D, 2-Slot Design, Steel Bracket, IP5X Rating, GPU Tweak III (Renewed) is vintage hardware; the used and vintage market on eBay carries most of the live inventory. Prices and condition vary by seller and move in real time, so we link the live listing rather than quote a cached price. It also has an Amazon listing — check it for current price and availability. SpecPicks earns a small commission on qualifying purchases — thank you for supporting independent review work.
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