NVIDIA

GeForce RTX 3050

GeForce RTX 3050 — illustration of the card's form factor
Memory
GDDR6
Architecture
Ampere
Form Factor
PCIe

Architecture

MicroarchitectureAmpere

Memory & VRAM

Memory TypeGDDR6
Memory PoolingNot Supported

Physical Design

Form FactorPCIe

Server & Deployment

OEM AvailabilityGeForce RTX 3050 (OEM) has 2304 CUDA Cores, a Base Clock of 1.51 GHz, and a Boost Clock of 1.76 GHz
Ref ArchitecturesThe above specifications represent this GPU as incorporated into NVIDIA's Founders Edition or reference graphics card design.

System Compatibility

Required PCIePCI Express Gen 4
OS CompatWin 10 X64

Multi-GPU Scalability

Scaling Characteristics

Parallelism8.6

Workload Readiness

Multimodal AI

Yes (AI-enhanced voice & video via NVIDIA Broadcast)

Market Authority

Key Strengths

Limitations

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Expert Insight

The GeForce RTX 3050 represents a strategic leap in AI compute. When comparing cloud providers, consider not just the hourly rate, but also the interconnect bandwidth (InfiniBand/NVLink) and regional availability which can significantly impact total cost of ownership for large-scale training.

Glossary Terms

FP32 TFLOPS
VRAM
TDP
Cores
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