NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
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Last updated Aug 1, 2026
Price History & Tracker
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB price history in United States: current low $346 USD, 12-month low $160 USD, 12-month median $236 USD.
GeForce RTX 3050 8GB Price Summary
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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
How does the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB run popular games?
Fortnite
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