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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor released on May 11, 2021, built on the Ampere architecture. It has 4 GB of video memory and a 80 W board power rating. It scores 10,068 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

AmpereGA107 (GN20-P1)Mobile

5/10 key specs recorded · 41 facts

Depth: 32 recorded fields, 12 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified August 11, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix. Coverage: 5 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark NVIDIA Developer: Video Encode and Decode GPU Support Matrix PassMark Videocard Benchmark

Shading units

n/a

Memory

4 GB

Boost clock

n/a

Board power

80 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU scores 10,068 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #296), measured across 11,442 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 499.

PassMark G3D Mark

10,068

Rank #296
Faster than 89.1% of 2,658 GPUs
11,442 samples

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

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 120 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 79% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 59 fps

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

DirectX 11 75 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 79.6% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 49 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 79.6% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 4,321 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 80.8% 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 Ti Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 120 fps, DirectX 10 59 fps, DirectX 11 75 fps, DirectX 12 49 fps and GPU Compute 4,321 ops/s, across 11,442 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x8

Max memory 4 GB

Core clock 735 MHz

Memory clock 1500 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 80 W

First benchmarked 2021-05-17

Samples 11,442

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU states the PCIe 4.0 x8 interface, up to 4 GB of memory, a core clock of 735 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2021-05-17. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti 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 Laptop GPU, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Ampere

Codename GA107 (GN20-P1)

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Die size Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU is based on the Ampere architecture and uses the GA107 (GN20-P1) graphics processor.

Memory

Size 4 GB

Type Not recorded

Bus width Not recorded

Bandwidth Not recorded

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

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 80 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x8.

Board power (TDP) 80 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

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Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x8

Market

Launched May 11, 2021

Launch price Not recorded

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Segment Laptop

Series GeForce RTX 30 Series

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

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 10,068

PassMark G2D 499

Rank #296

Samples 11,442

Graphics and compute APIs

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

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 8.6

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

Features

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

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

Media engine

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU provides hardware encode for H.264 (AVC) and HEVC (H.265) and hardware decode for H.264 (AVC), HEVC (H.265), AV1 and VP9. It does not support hardware encode for AV1.

NVIDIA NVENC encoder 7th Generation Encoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-encoding engine, used by streaming and capture software; newer generations encode more efficiently.

NVIDIA NVDEC decoder 5th Generation Decoder engines: 1NVIDIA's dedicated video-decoding engine; newer generations support more codecs and formats.

Hardware video codec support of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
Codec	Encode	Decode
H.264 (AVC)	Supported4:4:4: Yes	Supported
HEVC (H.265)	Supported4:2:2: No; 4:4:4: Yes; 10-bit: Yes; B-frames: Yes; 8K: Yes	Supported4:4:4: Yes
AV1	Not supported	Supported
VP9	Not stated by the vendor	Supported

supported explicitly not supported not stated by the vendor

Media engines recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU: NVIDIA NVENC encoder (7th Generation, encoder engines: 1) and NVIDIA NVDEC decoder (5th Generation, decoder engines: 1).

Naming and aliases

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

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

Frequently asked questions

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

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

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 80 W.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU scores 10,068 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 89.1% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #296. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 49 fps.

Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU support ray tracing?

Yes. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU has hardware ray tracing (2nd Generation).

Does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU support AV1 encoding?

No. Feex records AV1 hardware encoding as explicitly not supported on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, although it can decode AV1 in hardware.