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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor, built on the Ampere architecture. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 35 W board power rating. It scores 10,696 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

AmpereMobile

4/10 key specs recorded · 18 facts

Depth: 24 recorded fields, 3 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 25, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 4 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

35 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU scores 10,696 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #281), measured across 151 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 513.

PassMark G3D Mark

10,696

Rank #281
Faster than 89.7% of 2,658 GPUs
151 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 141 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 82.6% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 62 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 81.6% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 90 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 82.7% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 46 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 77.9% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 4,450 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 81.1% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 141 fps, DirectX 10 62 fps, DirectX 11 90 fps, DirectX 12 46 fps and GPU Compute 4,450 ops/s, across 151 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Max memory 4 GB

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 35 W

First benchmarked 2024-09-22

Samples 151

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU states up to 4 GB of memory, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2024-09-22. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Ampere

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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU is based on the Ampere architecture.

Memory

Size 4 GB

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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU is equipped with 4 GB of memory.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 35 W.

Board power (TDP) 35 W

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Market

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Segment Laptop

Series GeForce RTX 30 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 10,696

PassMark G2D 513

Rank #281

Samples 151

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

DirectX 12_2 (stated by PassMark)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 8.6

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU has 3 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: Hardware ray tracing 2nd Generation

Dedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU supports Hardware ray tracing (2nd Generation) under Rendering.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 8.6

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Supported: Tensor cores 3rd Generation

NVIDIA's dedicated matrix-math units used for AI workloads such as DLSS and machine-learning inference.

Not listed (1)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU supports NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU supports CUDA (Compute capability 8.6) and Tensor cores (3rd Generation) under Compute and AI.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU have?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU has 4 GB of video memory.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 35 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU scores 10,696 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.7% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #281. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 46 fps.