GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB

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Identity
Entry Type	Reference GPU
Official Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB
GPU Codename	GA106
Architecture	Ampere
Launch Date	2022-01-27
Market Segment Notes	Desktop in GeForce RTX 30 Series
Core Specs
GPU Die	GA106
Chip Variant / Package	BGA-2713
Process Node	Samsung 8 nm
Transistor Count	12 billion
Die Size	276 mm²
CUDA Cores	2560
SM Count	20
TMUs	80
ROPs	32
AI Units / Tensor Cores	80
RT Units / RT Cores	20
Base Clock	1,552 MHz
Boost Clock	1,777 MHz
Pixel Fillrate	56.86 GP/s
Texture Fillrate	142.2 GT/s
FP32 Throughput	9.1 TFLOPS
FP16 Throughput	9.1 TFLOPS
FP64 Throughput	0.14 TFLOPS
Memory
Memory Size	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6
Memory Bus Width	128-bit
Memory Clock	1,750 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	224 GB/s
L2 Cache	2 MB
L1 Cache	128 KB
Board and Display
TDP / TBP	130 W
Recommended PSU	550 W
Power Connectors	1x PCIe 8-pin
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x8
Display Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Slot Width	Dual-slot, 242 mm length
Card Length	242 mm
Board Partner Model	Reference or OEM specification
Reference Design	NVIDIA reference design
Software
CUDA Compute Capability	8.6
Shader Model	6.8
DirectX Support	DirectX 12.2
Vulkan Support	Vulkan 1.4
OpenGL Support	OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL Support	OpenCL 3.0

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Sources

Sources reviewed: 2026-08-13

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NVIDIA GeForce graphics card comparisonOfficial GeForce generation and feature contextOpen source
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series comparison specificationsOfficial reference-design memory, interface, graphics-card power, system-power, and supplementary-power specificationsOpen source
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 launchOfficial January 27, 2022 availability for the 8 GB launch modelOpen source

TechPowerUp GPU SpecsModel-level specification reference for this GPU entryOpen source

RightNow GPU DatabaseOpen data inventory used for bulk normalization and cross-checking Derived/spec-dump source. Treat as a reference dataset, not independent historical verification.Open source

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