NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Lowest price in Canada across retailers
Last updated Oct 31, 2026
Price History & Trend
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB price history in Canada: current low $522 CAD, 12-month low $255 CAD, 12-month median $382 CAD.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada · Bestbuy · Canadacomputers · Memory Express.
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB Price Summary
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About average — at $522 CAD, the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is around its typical 3-month price of $537 CAD (12-month median $382 CAD).
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Newegg Canada · Bestbuy · Canadacomputers · Memory Express.
Retail Prices
Overview
The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB is NVIDIA's entry point into the Ampere RTX 3000 generation, succeeding the GTX 1650 Super in the budget segment and bringing ray-tracing hardware to an affordable price bracket for the first time at this tier.
It features 8GB of GDDR6 memory, 2nd-generation RT cores, 3rd-generation Tensor cores, and DLSS 2 — a significant generational jump over DLSS 1 in image quality and performance. While the CUDA core count and memory bandwidth are modest, DLSS 2 allows it to render at lower resolutions and upscale convincingly, recovering frame rates that the underlying hardware alone could not sustain.
The RTX 3050 8GB is designed for 1080p gaming and handles most titles at medium to high settings with DLSS enabled. It suits first-time PC builders and budget gamers who want ray tracing and DLSS access without a large upfront investment.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Process Node
- Samsung 8nm
- CUDA Cores
- 2,560
- RT Cores
- 20
- Tensor Cores
- 80
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 1,552 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 1,777 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Memory Bus
- 128-bit
- Memory Speed
- 14 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x8
- TDP
- 130 W
- Power Connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Released
- Jan 27, 2022
Boards for this GPU
Every GeForce RTX 3050 8GB board we track, cheapest in-region listing first.
| Board | Series | OC | Length | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Ventus | — | — | $470 CAD | In stock |
| EVGA XC GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | XC | — | — | $763 CAD | In stock |
| ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Dual | — | — | $949 CAD | In stock |
| GIGABYTE Gaming OC GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Gaming OC | — | — | $279 CAD | Out of stock |
| ZOTAC Twin Edge GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Twin Edge | — | — | $430 CAD | Out of stock |
| ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | TUF Gaming | — | — | $470 CAD | Out of stock |
| INNO3D Twin X2 GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Twin X2 | — | — | $553 CAD | Out of stock |
| GIGABYTE Windforce GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Windforce | — | — | $560 CAD | Out of stock |
| PNY Verto GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Verto | — | — | $678 CAD | Out of stock |
| MSI Ventus White GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | Ventus | — | — | $828 CAD | Out of stock |
| PNY XLR8 GeForce RTX 3050 8GB | XLR8 | — | — | — | Out of stock |
How does the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB run popular games?
Fortnite
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