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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050: specs, benchmarks and comparison

  • 8 GB GDDR6
  • 130 W
  • PSU 550 W+
Manufacturer site
Illustration, not a product photo
Render rank (OptiX)
49 of 67
among models tested in Blender Benchmark 4.5.0 · 9% of the leader
Release
January 4, 2022
Power supply
550 W+
manufacturer recommendation

Performance

Rank among models tested in the same benchmark on the same render backend.

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, bmw27 (CUDA)

66.7 s

lower is better

Median of 7 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, bmw27 (OPTIX)

40.28 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, classroom (CUDA)

310.16 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, classroom (OPTIX)

134.56 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, fishy_cat (CUDA)

142.38 s

lower is better

Median of 1 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, fishy_cat (OPTIX)

80.13 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, koro (CUDA)

227.07 s

lower is better

Median of 2 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, koro (OPTIX)

159.07 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, pavillon_barcelona (CUDA)

410.99 s

lower is better

Median of 2 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, pavillon_barcelona (OPTIX)

187.81 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, victor (CUDA)

600.06 s

lower is better

Median of 1 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 2.93.1

GPU, victor (OPTIX)

251.39 s

lower is better

Median of 3 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Blender Benchmark 4.4.0

GPU, sum of scenes monster + junkshop + classroom (CUDA)

803 samples/min

higher is better

Median of 1 runs · small sample · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Other benchmark versions (4)
BenchmarkResultRank
Blender Benchmark 4.3.0790 samples/min · small sample—
Blender Benchmark 4.1.0852 samples/min · small sample—
Blender Benchmark 4.0.0824 samples/min · small sample—
Blender Benchmark 3.4.0910 samples/min · small sample—

Each benchmark version has its own scale; results from different versions are not compared.

Blender Benchmark 4.5.0

GPU, sum of scenes monster + junkshop + classroom (OptiX)

1,350 samples/min

higher is better

Rank 49 of 67 tested on OptiX9% of the leader
1,350
05,00010,00015,000
Each dot is one catalog model in this benchmark; GeForce RTX 3050 is highlighted.

Nearest models in this benchmark

  1. 47GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER2,067
  2. 48GeForce RTX 20601,574
  3. 49GeForce RTX 30501,350
  4. 50GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU1,292
  5. 51GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU1,148

Median of 142 runs · Blender Open Data (Blender Foundation) · November 14, 2026

Other benchmark versions (17)
BenchmarkResultRank
Blender Benchmark 5.2.01,128 samples/min41 of 48
Blender Benchmark 5.1.11,224 samples/min41 of 46
Blender Benchmark 5.1.01,186 samples/min · small sample—
Blender Benchmark 5.0.01,198 samples/min · small sample—
Blender Benchmark 4.4.01,383 samples/min45 of 59
Blender Benchmark 4.3.01,387 samples/min38 of 50
Blender Benchmark 4.2.01,379 samples/min36 of 47
Blender Benchmark 4.1.01,428 samples/min34 of 45
Blender Benchmark 4.0.01,497 samples/min35 of 47
Blender Benchmark 3.6.01,656 samples/min36 of 49
Blender Benchmark 3.5.01,714 samples/min31 of 41
Blender Benchmark 3.4.01,601 samples/min30 of 43
Blender Benchmark 3.3.01,588 samples/min25 of 37
Blender Benchmark 3.2.11,585 samples/min21 of 30
Blender Benchmark 3.2.01,595 samples/min · small sample—
Blender Benchmark 3.1.01,616 samples/min23 of 38
Blender Benchmark 3.0.11,629 samples/min · small sample—

Each benchmark version has its own scale; results from different versions are not compared.

Specifications

Reference values for the chip. Clocks, length and connectors depend on the card model.

Chip

Architecture
Ampere
Shader units
2,560 (CUDA cores)

Clocks

Base clock
1,550 MHz
Boost clock
1,780 MHz

Memory

Video memory
8 GB
Memory type
GDDR6
Memory bus
128 bit

Power and dimensions

Board power
130 W (board power)
Recommended PSU
550 W
Interface
PCIe 4.0

Checked against NVIDIA’s official specifications on 2026-11-14. Fields NVIDIA does not list are left empty. The original 8 GB version is listed. Blender Open Data does not include memory size in the shared name, so results apply to all variants of this model.

Specifications: NVIDIA, checked November 14, 2026. Release date: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Will it fit your system

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