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GeForce RTX 3050

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Release date ≈ Q1 2024.

Average Bench: 57.5% (115th of 715)

Based on 392 user benchmarks.  Device: 10DE 2584 Model: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
Poor: 54%Average: 57.5% Great: 60%

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Average average bench

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 averaged 42.4% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Locally-deformable PRT (Bat) 75.4fps
Avg. Force Splatted Flocking (Swarm) 57.5fps

Excellent consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 is just 5.76%. This is an extremely narrow range which indicates that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 performs superbly consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. High dynamic range lighting (Teapot) 75.8fps
Avg. Parallax occlusion mapping (Stones) 72fps
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Average Bench

(Based on 392 samples)
Rank 11557.5%
Min Avg Max
70.8 Lighting 75.4 79.6
70.7 Reflection 75.8 98.9
67.5 Parallax 72 77.1
61.5% 74.4 fps
Min Avg Max
60.3 MRender 63.5 65.1
60.2 Gravity 63.1 65.6
55 Splatting 57.5 59.6
49.9% 61.4 fps
User Benchmarks Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
The fastest GPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
Nvidia(10DE 1846) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.32
58.8% Above average
Lighting 77.6
Reflection 75.5
Parallax 73.1
63% 75.4 fps
MRender 64.8
Gravity 63.1
Splatting 57.8
50% 61.9 fps
Zotac(19DA 3641) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.44
58.8% Above average
Lighting 77.3
Reflection 75.9
Parallax 73.5
63% 75.6 fps
MRender 64.3
Gravity 64.2
Splatting 58.4
51% 62.3 fps
MSI(1462 8121) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.22
58.6% Above average
Lighting 76.8
Reflection 76.2
Parallax 73.9
63% 75.6 fps
MRender 64.7
Gravity 64.5
Splatting 58.8
51% 62.7 fps
Gigabyte(1458 4131) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.32
58.1% Above average
Lighting 76.4
Reflection 74.5
Parallax 72.3
62% 74.4 fps
MRender 64.2
Gravity 62.6
Splatting 57.6
50% 61.5 fps
Gigabyte(1458 4131) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.32
56.9% Above average
Lighting 75.3
Reflection 72.3
Parallax 70.4
61% 72.7 fps
MRender 61.9
Gravity 61.2
Splatting 55.6
48% 59.6 fps
MSI(1462 8121) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.44
55.6% Above average
Lighting 72.3
Reflection 72.1
Parallax 69.2
59% 71.2 fps
MRender 61.8
Gravity 63
Splatting 56.9
49% 60.6 fps
MSI(1462 8123) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.44
55.5% Above average
Lighting 73.1
Reflection 71.4
Parallax 68.9
60% 71.1 fps
MRender 61.7
Gravity 58.8
Splatting 55
48% 58.5 fps
Gigabyte(1458 4131) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 552.44
54.9% Above average
Lighting 71.4
Reflection 71.1
Parallax 67.7
58% 70.1 fps
MRender 63
Gravity 60.6
Splatting 55.6
48% 59.7 fps
Gigabyte(1458 412F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 551.32
44.5% Average
Lighting 56.4
Reflection 55.9
Parallax 55
46% 55.8 fps
MRender 47.1
Gravity 54.4
Splatting 50.8
42% 50.8 fps
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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,585,504 GPUs tested

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Hardware Id Samples Bench ± SD Model / Price
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Asus(1043 8976) 25% 58% ± 2%
MSI(1462 8121) 14% 58% ± 2%
MSI(1462 8123) 14% 57% ± 2%
Nvidia(10DE 2584) 14% 57% ± 1%
Gigabyte(1458 412F) 11% 57% ± 2%
MSI(1462 8126) 7% 58% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 4131) 7% 57% ± 1%
Nvidia(10DE 1846) 3% 58% ± 2%
Zotac(19DA 3641) 2% 58% ± 1%
Device(1771 1846) 1% 56% ± 1%
Zotac(19DA 1739) 1% 56% ± 3%
Asus(1043 8982) 1% 59% ± 1%
Device(7377 2000) 1% 58% ± 2%
Gigabyte(1458 4134) 1% 57% ± 1%
Asus(1043 8977) 1% 57% ± 1%
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Gaming 39%
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Desktop
Desktop 70%
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Workstation
Workstation 30%
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Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 790

CPU
Core i5-2400Intel  $250Bench 61%, 166,255 samples2,210x
Core i7-2600Intel  $192Bench 67%, 185,630 samples1,326x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples568x
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050NvidiaBench 58%, 392 samples1x
SSD
A400 240GBKingston  $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples206x
A400 480GBKingston  $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples85x
A400 120GBKingston  $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples61x
RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples79x
HMT351U6CFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 7,511 samples59x
M378B5273DH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 48%, 11,003 samples50x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $278

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