EVGA
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 XC Black Gaming
AUTHOR:Onie T.
TESTED BY:James L.
Published:

The EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 XC Black Gaming graphics card is equipped with 8GB of GDDR6 memory. In comparison with the rest of the cards during our testing, it performed poorly across almost all of the tests. Designed and released for 1080p gaming at a near-budget price in 2022, it was one of the first GPUs to power the latest ray traced games at over 60 fps back then. However, with age it is falling behind with its relative competitors. 

As of publication date, it is available for a high average price of $530 USD on various online retailers. It was first released at a MSRP of $249 USD.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

THE GOOD

  • Energy Efficient

    Features a low typical board power of 130W, ensuring energy efficiency.

THE BAD

  • Memory

    It is equipped with only 8GB of memory, which may not be sufficient for high-end gaming and future-proofing.

  • Performance

    It delivered poor performance across most gaming, raytracing and synthetic tests.

THE REST

  • Overall

    Our tests revealed that the EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 XC Black Gaming performed poorly across most tests. The current price-to-performance does not justify its performance either.

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Hardware
HardwareNotes

The RTX 3050 XC Black Gaming utilizes 8nm technology and is built on NVIDIA’s Ampere architecture. The card is based on the GA106 graphics processor, which has 12,000 million transistors within a 276 mm² die. It features 32 Render Output Units (ROPs), 80 texture mapping units, 2560 shading units, and 20 ray tracing acceleration cores. With a typical board power of 130W, the card tested by Labs is manufactured by EVGA and has a dual slot, dual fan design that fits in most computer cases. It has the standard RTX 30-series 3 x DisplayPort version 1.4 output, and 1 x HDMI version 2.1 ports.

In the Box

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Front of the box.

Graphics Processor

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Architecture
Processor Release Date
GPU Chip
Technology
Transistors
Die Size
Interface
L1 Cache
L2 Cache
L3 Cache
Board Design

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Front of the card.

Length
Width
Height
Weight
Slot Width
TDP
Fan Size
Number of Fans
HDMI
Display Port
USB-C
Cores & Clocks
Rasterization Cores
Ray Tracing Cores
AI Acceleration Cores
Base Clock
Game Clock
Boost Clock
Memory Type
Memory Size
Memory Data Rate
Memory Bandwidth
Memory Bus
Features & Software
Features & SoftwareNotes

The RTX 3050 OC Black Gaming supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience and G-SYNC features. As well as NVIDIA’s full suite of DLSS 3 and ray tracing technologies. It features NVIDIA’s 7th Generation Encoder, and 5th Generation Decoder, with full support for H264 Encode/Decode, H265/HEVC Encode/Decode, but only AV1 Decode.

Supported Features
Adaptive Sync
DirectX
OpenGL
Vulkan
Ray Tracing
DirectML
OpenCL
CUDA
ReBar
Encode / Decode
H.264
H.265 (HEVC)
AV1
VP9
Performance
PerformanceNotes

The RTX 3050 performed poorly compared to the rest of the cards in our tests. It ranked towards the bottom of the gaming, ray tracing, and synthetics charts. Doing slightly better in ray tracing performance than the AMD Radeon RX 6600. In both 1080p and 1440p gaming, the RTX 3050 remained at the bottom.

Gaming Performance
Ray Tracing Performance
Productivity & Efficiency
Synthetics
Test Configuration
Test ConfigurationNotes

We will periodically retest graphics cards with updated drivers. We continuously monitor and update our results for accuracy. Stay tuned for the latest test results and insights on this product and others as we aim to provide up-to-date information on a consistent basis. 

We actively address test bench variance in our evaluation process. Our methodology involved validation and calibration procedures to ensure consistency and reliability across all tests. The verified testbed variance for benchmarks in this product page is +/- 0.25%.

By monitoring and controlling variables such as hardware configurations, ambient temperatures, and system settings, we minimize potential sources of variance that could affect our results. This detailed approach enables us to deliver the most objective and accurate assessments.

Tested Settings
Drivers

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