MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X OC 6GB GDDR6 Black
GPU GeForce RTX 3050
VRAM 6GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 1492 MHz
TDP 70 W
Memory Bus 96 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
45 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong efficiency (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong affordability (82nd percentile) 82nd
Cons
- Below average ai (19th percentile)
- Below average compute (19th percentile)
- Below average vram (24th percentile)
- Below average raster (25th 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 | 1552 |
| Boost Clock | 1492 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 4.813 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 4.813 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 12487 |
| GPU Compute | 6427 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 70 |
| Recommended PSU | 300 |
| Power Connectors | No |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 2 |
| USB-C | 0 |
| Max Displays | 3 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 189 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | ATX |
| Weight | 0.6 kg / 1.3 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 2 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X OC | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 6GB GDDR6 | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1492 | 2407 | 2730 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 70 | 575 | 360 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 96 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce RTX 3050 Ventus 2X OC | 19 | 31.3 | 23.5 | 24.6 | 19.2 | 53.5 | 44.4 | 91.1 | 39.2 | 95.4 | 82 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.7 | 89.9 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 97.4 | 96.4 | 72.9 | 27 | 99.2 | 99 | 3.4 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 85 | 95.2 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 59.2 | 94.1 | 88.7 | 15.9 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 59.2 | 94.1 | 99 | 19.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 96.2 | 91.5 | 83.5 | 95.4 | 84.5 | 91.5 | 54.7 | 98.7 | 78.2 | 15.2 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85 | 97.5 | 88.4 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 59.2 | 94.1 | 82.3 | 17.3 |
Usage Scores
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