YESTON

★★★★★ 4.8 (4)

A 70W TDP and single-slot, 160mm low-profile design make this the rare RTX 3050 that fits into slim OEM desktops without a PSU upgrade. Its half-height bracket and lack of external power connector allow for a simple drop-in upgrade in space-constrained systems. This card is best for users converting compact office PCs into entry-level 1080p gaming machines or HTPCs needing modern HDMI 2.1 output.

GPU GeForce RTX 3050
VRAM 6GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1470 MHz
TDP 70 W
Memory Bus 96 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
YESTON gpu
30 Overall Score

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Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Strong efficiency (91st percentile) 91st
  • Strong affordability (78th percentile) 78th

Cons

  • Below average ai (19th percentile)
  • Below average compute (19th percentile)
  • Below average vram (23rd percentile)
  • Below average raster (25th percentile)

What owners think

How owner sentiment changed over time

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82/100Our AI sentiment readlow confidence · 9 sources · Jun 2026

Based on 7 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.

The proof

Performance

Performance Percentiles

AI 18.8
Rt 25.6
Vram 23.3
Raster 24.5
Compute 19.2
Feature 35.4
Thermal 27.4
User Sentiment 58
Efficiency 90.9
Connectivity 29.2
Social Proof 44.2
Affordability 78

Specifications

Full Specifications

Chipset

GPU Chipset GeForce RTX 3050
Brand NVIDIA
Architecture Ampere
Class consumer
Process 8

Memory

VRAM 6 GB
Memory Type GDDR6
Memory Bus 96
Bandwidth 192

Compute

CUDA Cores 2304
Tensor Cores 64
RT Cores 16
Base Clock 1042
Boost Clock 1470
FP16 TFLOPS 4.813
FP32 TFLOPS 4.813

Performance

PassMark G3D 9498
GPU Compute 6442

Power & Cooling

TDP 70
Recommended PSU 400
Power Connectors None
Cooler Single Fan
Fans 1

Connectivity

Interface PCI Express 4.0 x8
DisplayPort 1
HDMI 1

Physical

Length 160
Slot Width 1
Form Factor Low Profile

Features

Ray Tracing Yes
DirectX 12

vs Competition

Spec YESTON ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G
Chipset GeForce RTX 3050 GeForce RTX 5090 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5080 Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Vram 6GB GDDR6 32GB GDDR7 16GB GDDR7 16GB GDDR7 16GB GDDR7 24GB GDDR6
Boost Clock Mhz 1470 2407 2482 2805 2730 2680
Tdp W 70 575 300 360 360 339
Memory Bus Bits 96 512 256 256 256 384
Ray Tracing true true true true true true
GPU Class consumer consumer consumer consumer consumer consumer
Compare Compare Compare Compare Compare
Product AIRtVramRasterComputeFeatureThermalUser SentimentEfficiencyConnectivitySocial ProofAffordability
YESTON 18.825.623.324.519.235.427.45890.929.244.278
ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare 96.89097.598.697.596.472.986.626.899.299.13.6
MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare 79.192.185.488.587.896.491.680.973.494.188.921.3
Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare 85.195.288.594.193.196.491.672.358.994.188.915.6
ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare 85.197.588.594.193.196.491.699.558.994.199.119.6
Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare 94.796.191.583.695.584.491.686.654.598.778.415.9

Usage Scores

Overall (30.1)AI/LLM (11.3)Budget (69.6)Gaming 4k (18.3)Ray Tracing (23.4)Workstation (22.4)Gaming 1080p (35.3)Gaming 1440p (26.7)Content Creation (21.4)

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