MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini 6GB GDDR6
A 70W TDP and compact 169mm low-profile design make this one of the few RTX 3050 cards that fits into slim SFF and ITX cases without external power connectors. It supports modern features like DLSS and 8K output via HDMI 2.1, offering a straightforward upgrade path for aging office prebuilts. This card is best for users building a compact home theater PC or a small-form-factor gaming rig focused on 1080p esports titles.
GPU GeForce RTX 3050
VRAM 6GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1470 MHz
TDP 70 W
Memory Bus 96 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
36 Overall Score
Price €330
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong social proof (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong affordability (77th percentile) 77th
Cons
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)
- Below average ai (18th percentile)
- Below average compute (19th percentile)
- Below average vram (23rd percentile)
The proof
Performance
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 |
| Power Connectors | N/A |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 X8 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 169 |
| Form Factor | Low Profile |
| Weight | 0.2 kg / 0.5 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
vs Competition
| Spec | MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070TI-16G | ZOTAC SOLID SFF OC ZT-B50710J3-10P | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X OC BLACK | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O | Sapphire NITRO+ 11348-01-20G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | Radeon RX 9070 XT |
| Vram | 6GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1470 | 2482 | 2482 | 2482 | 2450 | 3060 |
| Tdp W | 70 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 300 | 304 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 96 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAXSUN GeForce RTX 3050 Mini | 18.1 | 29.5 | 22.6 | 22.7 | 19 | 53.1 | 6.7 | 91 | 28.6 | 82.6 | 77.1 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070TI-16G Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 89.6 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 95.5 | 20 |
| ZOTAC SOLID SFF OC ZT-B50710J3-10P Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 82.6 | 22.9 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X OC BLACK Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 94 | 82.6 | 24.2 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 79.2 | 92.2 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 87.9 | 66.2 | 91.5 | 72.9 | 81.9 | 95.5 | 25.8 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11348-01-20G Compare | 89.5 | 84.6 | 74 | 75.8 | 90.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 46.1 | 88.8 | 88.9 | 36.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall36.1
- AI/LLM12.5
- Budget77.2
- Gaming 4k21.2
- Ray Tracing29
- Workstation24.6
- Gaming 1080p40.7
- Gaming 1440p31.6
- Content Creation24.2
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