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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor released on May 11, 2021, built on the Ampere architecture. It scores 11,966 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

AmpereGA107 (GN20-P0)Mobile

3/10 key specs recorded · 14 facts

Depth: 19 recorded fields, 3 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark. Coverage: 3 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

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Memory

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Boost clock

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Board power

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Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU scores 11,966 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 90.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #253), measured across 4 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 870.

PassMark G3D Mark

11,966

Rank #253
Faster than 90.8% of 2,658 GPUs
4 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 155 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 84.7% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 59 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 79.7% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 80 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 80.8% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 57 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 83.7% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 5,262 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 84.2% 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 Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 155 fps, DirectX 10 59 fps, DirectX 11 80 fps, DirectX 12 57 fps and GPU Compute 5,262 ops/s, across 4 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

First benchmarked 2025-06-10

Samples 4

PassMark listing (collected 2026-10-01)

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 A Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 OEM, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Ampere

Codename GA107 (GN20-P0)

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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU is based on the Ampere architecture and uses the GA107 (GN20-P0) graphics processor.

Market

Launched May 11, 2021

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Segment Laptop

Series GeForce RTX 30 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU was released on May 11, 2021.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 11,966

PassMark G2D 870

Rank #253

Samples 4

Graphics and compute APIs

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

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 8.6

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

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 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 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 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 Laptop GPU supports NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

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

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

Frequently asked questions

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU scores 11,966 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 90.8% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #253. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 57 fps.