MSI RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X XS OC
The MSI RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X XS OC is MSI’s version of the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB. It’s factory-overclocked to 1,807 MHz — 30 MHz above the 1,777 MHz reference boost clock. At 205 mm it’s 37 mm shorter than the 242 mm reference design. Its TDP is 115W — 15W below the 130W reference. It uses 1 6-pin rather than the reference 1 8-pin. Its video outputs (1 HDMI 2.1, 1 DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 DVI) differ from the reference (1 HDMI 2.1, 3 Displayport 1.4a). Below you’ll find every current retailer price and the full spec sheet.
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Gaming performance
Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Render and synthetic scores are in the Benchmarks section below.
Gaming scores are normalised performance indexes derived from Tom’s Hardware’s published GPU benchmarks. Performance per dollar and per watt are our own calculations on top of that data.
1080p Gaming
1440p Gaming
4K Gaming
The GeForce RTX 3050 8GB scores 25.5 at 1080p, 13.6 at 1440p, and 0.0 at 4K on a scale where 100 = the fastest GPU we test (RTX 5090). These scores apply to all board versions of this chip.
Benchmarks
Standardized benchmark scores for this chip, each compared to the fastest card we track and linked to its source. They apply to every board version.
3D & gaming
Render
Compute & AI
Where to buy
Every in-stock retailer we track, cheapest first.
- NeweggCHEAPEST$349.99In stock
- B&H$359.95In stock
| Retailer | Price | Availability | Updated | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NeweggCHEAPEST | $349.99 | In Stock | | |
| B&H | $359.95 | In Stock | |
Specifications
GPU chip
- Chip
- GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
- Architecture
- Ampere GA106
- Process node
- Samsung 8N
- Shader cores
- 2,560
- SM count
- 20
- Texture units (TMUs)
- 80
- Render outputs (ROPs)
- 32
- RT cores
- 20 · 2nd gen
- Tensor / AI cores
- 80 · 3rd gen
Memory
- VRAM
- 8GB GDDR6
- Memory bus
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
- Memory speed
- 14 Gbps
- L2 cache
- 2 MB
GPU die
- Foundry
- Samsung
- Die size
- 276 mm²
- Transistors
- 12 billion
- Generation
- GeForce RTX 30
Display & connectivity
- Max resolution
- 7680 × 4320
- Max displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.3
APIs & software
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12.2)
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- CUDA
- Compute 8.6
- Shader model
- 6.8
Platform features
- Upscaling
- DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
- Also runs
- FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation, XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
- Resizable BAR
- Yes
Video encoding & decoding
| Codec | Encode | Decode |
|---|---|---|
| H.264 / AVC | Supported | Supported |
| H.265 / HEVC | Supported | Supported |
| AV1 | Not supported | Supported |
| VP9 | Not supported | Supported |
Encoder: NVENC 7th gen · Decoder: NVDEC 5th gen
Board
- Boost clock
- Reference design:
1777 MHzThis card: 1807 MHz - Base clock
- 1552 MHz
- TDP
- Reference design:
130WThis card: 115W - Recommended PSU
- 550W
- Power connectors
- Reference design:
1 8-pinThis card: 1 6-pin
Physical
- Length
- Reference design:
242 mmThis card: 205 mm - Slot width
- 2 slots
- Outputs
- Reference design:
1 HDMI 2.1, 3 Displayport 1.4aThis card: 1 HDMI 2.1, 1 DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 DVI
Identifiers
- MPN
- G3050V2XXS8C
- EAN
- 4711377084796
- UPC
- 824142319192
Chip-level specs — cores, memory, die, APIs, media engine and platform features — are shared by every version of the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB. The Board, Physical and Identifier boxes are specific to this MSI variant; a struck-through value shows where it differs from the reference design.
Local AI performance
What the MSI RTX 3050 VENTUS 2X XS OC can run on your own machine, and how fast. Capacity and speed come from the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB chip, so they are the same on every board version; price per GB is this board’s own.
Largest model it can run (8K context)
- Q4 (the usual choice, near-original quality)
- ~9.3B
- Q8 (closer to original, half the model size)
- ~5.3B
- FP16 (unquantised, for training and research)
- ~2.8B
Parameter counts the card holds with room for an 8K conversation, counting the model weights plus its attention cache. A longer conversation needs more memory, so it lowers these figures.
Speed & value
- Speed, 8B model at Q4
- 34-39 tok/s
- Memory bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
- Price per GB of VRAM
- $43.75
Generation speed tracks memory bandwidth, because every word produced reads the whole model from memory. Shown as a range.
Models that fit, at Q4
| Model | Size | Memory needed | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glm4 9B | 9.4B | 5.8GB | 30-35 tok/s |
| Yi 9B | 8.8B | 5.8GB | 33-38 tok/s |
| Yi Coder 9B | 8.8B | 5.8GB | 33-38 tok/s |
Popular models small enough for this card at Q4, one per family. Speed is left blank for mixture-of-experts models, where a bandwidth estimate is not reliable enough to publish.
Choosing a card for AI? Compare every GPU for local AI, including setups that pool the memory of two or more cards.
Across generations
Where the GeForce RTX 3050 8GB sits in MSI’s lineup — the generation before and after.
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