The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G is equipped with 20 execution and 2560 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 9.25 TFLOPS is achieved.
- GPU Chip
- GA106-150-A1 (Ampere)
- Streaming Multiprocessors
- 20
- Shader
- 2560
- Render Output Units
- 48
- Texture Units
- 80
- Raytracing Cores
- 20
The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G has a 128 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 224 GB/s is achieved. In total, 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory is available for the graphics card.
- Memory Size
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Memory Clock
- 1.750 GHz
- Memory Speed
- 14.0 Gbps
- Memory bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
- Memory Interface
- 128 bit
The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G with 1.552 GHz (base clock) or with 1.807 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.
- Base Clock
- 1.552 GHz
- Boost Clock
- 1.807 GHz+2 %
- Overclocking
- Yes
The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G has 1 x 8-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.
- TDP
- 130 W
- Tjunction max
- 93 °C
- PCIe-Power
- 1 x 8-Pin
The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G is equipped with 2 Axial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.
- Fan-Type
- Axial
- Fan 1
- 2 x 100 mm
- Cooler-Type
- Air cooling
- Noise (Idle)
- 0 dB / Silent
Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.3 version.
- Max. Displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.3
- HDMI
- 1x HDMI 2.1
- DisplayPort
- 3x DP 1.4a
The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12_2 (Ultimate).
- Max. resolution
- 7680x4320
- DirectX
- 12_2 (Ultimate)
- Raytracing
- Yes
- DLSS / FSR
- Yes
- LED
- MSI Mystic Light
Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.
- h264
- Decode / Encode
- h265 / HEVC
- Decode / Encode
- VP8
- Decode
- VP9
- Decode
- AV1
- Decode
The dimensions of the MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G are 278 mm in length, 130 mm in height and 49 mm in width. Thus 3 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.
- Length
- 278 mm
- Height
- 130 mm
- Width
- 49 mm
- Width (Slots)
- 3 PCIe-Slots
- Weight
- 939 g
- SFF-Ready
- No
The MSI GeForce RTX 3050 GAMING 8G is manufactured in a structure width of 8 nm and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q1/2022.
- GPU Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x 16
- Release date
- Q1/2022
- Launch Price
- 249 $ (Reference)
- Structure size
- 8 nm
