Dell OptiPlex 3050, Core i5, 8GB, 240GB SSD, Black
CPU 3.2GHz
RAM 8 GB
Storage 240 GB
GPU NVIDIA Integrated/On-Board Graphics
Form Factor mini
OS Windows 10 Pro
11 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average social proof (3rd percentile)
- Below average storage (8th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average cpu (17th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | 3.2GHz |
| Cores | 4 |
| Frequency | 3.2 GHz |
Graphics
| GPU | Integrated/On-Board Graphics |
| Type | Integrated |
| VRAM | 4 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 240 GB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | mini |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 6 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| Wi-Fi | 802.11a/b/g |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Ethernet | 10/100/1000Mbps |
System
| OS | Windows 10 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell OptiPlex 3050 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US | Thermaltake View i560T-170 V17B-B76B-56T-LCS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | 3.2GHz | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | Intel Core i7-14700F |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 240 | 1024 | 1536 | 3072 | 2048 | 1024 |
| GPU | NVIDIA Integrated/On-Board Graphics | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | AMD Radeon 780M | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti |
| Form Factor | mini | sff | mini-tower | mid-tower | aio | tower |
| Psu W | - | - | 280 | 650 | 170 | 600 |
| OS | Windows 10 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell OptiPlex 3050 | 16.5 | 55.4 | 9.2 | 52.8 | 8.1 | 70 | 3.4 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76.1 | 95.7 | 93.7 | 53.6 | 99.3 | 86.2 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 71.9 | 63.2 | 51.5 | 94.7 | 79.8 | 70 | 98.2 |
| MSI Aegis Z2 A8NVL-1610US Compare | 69.7 | 78.2 | 56.7 | 90.5 | 96.5 | 37.3 | 99.9 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 70.5 | 58.7 | 57.7 | 60.7 | 82.8 | 70 | 98.2 |
| Thermaltake View i560T-170 V17B-B76B-56T-LCS Compare | 84.6 | 82 | 56.7 | 98.1 | 68.9 | 11.6 | 97 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
- Overall11.3
- AI/LLM5.4
- Gaming4.2
- Portability19.2
- Creator6
- Business12.9
- Developer9.6
- Home Office9.4
- Workstation11.2
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Other Configurations28
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