NVIDIA · Ampere (derived from codename prefix) · 2022

GeForce RTX 3050

Memory8 GB33 of 77 in GeForce RTX
Power130 W52 of 66 by higher draw in GeForce RTX
Shaders2,56059 of 78 in GeForce RTX
Launch price$24951 of 54 in GeForce RTX

Silicon, made visible

Die area is drawn against the largest recorded die in the catalog. Shader dots use a labeled, card-specific ratio so both early and modern GPUs remain legible.

276 mm² die · 2,560 shadersDie area drawn to scale against the catalog maximum of 1,540 square millimeters. Each dot = 32 shaders.276 mm² die · 2,560 shadersEach dot = 32 shadersDashed frame = largest catalog die (1,540 mm²)

Specifications

Memory

Capacity
8 GB
Type
GDDR6
Bus width
128 bit
Memory clock
1,750 MHz
Bandwidth
224 GB/s

Compute

Shaders
2,560
SM count
20
TMUs
80
ROPs
32
FP32
7,946 GFLOPS
FP64
124 GFLOPS
Pixel fill rate
49.66 GP/s
Texture fill rate
124.16 GT/s

Clocks

Boost clock
1,552 MHz

Board

TDP
130 W
Bus interface
PCIe 4 x8
Form factor
desktop
Launch MSRP
249 USD

Physical

Architecture
Ampere (derived from codename prefix)
Codename
GA106-150-KA-A1
Transistors
12 billion
Die size
276 mm²
Series
GeForce RTX
Launch date
January 4, 2022

Not recorded by the source: generation, process, base clock and external power required.

Catalog context

Within its series, the GeForce RTX 3050 ranks 50th of 66 for FP32 throughput and 33rd of 77 for memory capacity. Its 130 W TDP is above the 75 W PCIe slot-power ceiling.

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Source: Wikipedia, revision 1369488585 · catalog loaded 2026-08-16