Adobe Photoshop
Adobe · Creative
The industry-standard raster image editor.
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- UHD Graphics 630 (integrated) · 8 GB RAM
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- RTX 3050 8GB · 16 GB RAM
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
NVIDIARay tracing2022
Specifications
- Manufacturer
- NVIDIA
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Video memory
- 8 GB GDDR6
- Memory bus
- 128-bit
- Released
- 2022
- Board power
- 130 W
- Suggested PSU
- 500 W
- DirectX
- DirectX 12 Ultimate
- Vulkan
- Vulkan 1.3
- Hardware ray tracing
- Yes
- Upscaling
- DLSS 2, FSR 3, XeSS
Reference specifications. Board partners deviate on clocks, cooling, physical length and power connectors — check the exact model before buying.
Relative performance
Our relative index puts the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB at 70, where an RTX 3060 12GB is 100. This is an editorial estimate used for ranking and for the compatibility engine — it is not a measured benchmark, and real-world results vary by title.
556 games in our database list a minimum GPU at or below this card's index.
Applications that name the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 8GB
Creative and engineering software whose published system requirements list this card.
OBS Studio
OBS Project · Streaming & recording
Free, open-source software for live streaming and screen recording.
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- UHD Graphics 630 (integrated) · 4 GB RAM
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- RTX 3050 8GB · 16 GB RAM
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe · Creative
Vector graphics and illustration software.
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- UHD Graphics 630 (integrated) · 8 GB RAM
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- RTX 3050 8GB · 16 GB RAM
Autodesk Fusion
Autodesk · CAD & engineering
Cloud-connected CAD, CAM and CAE in a single application.
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- GTX 1050 · 4 GB RAM
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- RTX 3050 8GB · 16 GB RAM
HandBrake
HandBrake Team · Video editing
A free, open-source video transcoder.
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- Not required · 2 GB RAM
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- RTX 3050 8GB · 8 GB RAM
RPCS3
RPCS3 Team · Emulators
An open-source PlayStation 3 emulator for PC.
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- GPU supporting Vulkan 1.1 · 8 GB RAM
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- RTX 3050 8GB · 16 GB RAM
PCSX2
PCSX2 Team · Emulators
An open-source PlayStation 2 emulator for PC.
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- GTX 1050 · 8 GB RAM
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- GPU supporting Direct3D 12 · 16 GB RAM
CutBench: AI Gameplay Clip Maker
CutBench · Utilities
Drop a 3-hour gaming session, get back 10-15 ranked vertical clips with burned-in captions and ready-to-post titles for TikTok, Shorts and Reels. You never open a timeline. Runs locally on your GPU: no cloud, no subscription, one-time licen
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- GPU with 6 GB VRAM · 8 GB RAM
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- RTX 3060 · 16 GB RAM
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