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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
Price $260
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 PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O | ASRock Challenger 90-GA5NZZ-00UANF | ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC | XFX Gaming RX-79GMERCB9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3050 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 7900 GRE |
| Vram | 6GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1492 | 2512 | 2587 | 2520 | 2542 | 2395 |
| Tdp W | 70 | 250 | 250 | 220 | 250 | 245 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 96 | 192 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 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 PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 61.9 | 82.4 | 65.1 | 79.4 | 72.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 80.2 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 45.4 |
| PNY OC VCG507012TFXPB1-O Compare | 61.9 | 82.4 | 65.1 | 79.4 | 72.2 | 90.1 | 72.9 | 80.2 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 39.1 |
| ASRock Challenger 90-GA5NZZ-00UANF Compare | 81.4 | 78.3 | 75.2 | 68.7 | 78.9 | 79.3 | 91.5 | 82 | 82.2 | 88.7 | 49.6 |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge RTX 5070 OC Compare | 61.9 | 76.3 | 65.1 | 79.4 | 72.2 | 90.1 | 56.7 | 80.2 | 94.1 | 65.9 | 39.7 |
| XFX Gaming RX-79GMERCB9 Compare | 88.1 | 88.9 | 71.4 | 77.4 | 90.1 | 72.8 | 72.9 | 78.3 | 70.7 | 88.7 | 39.5 |
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