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MagyarNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB: New $169 graphics card performs well in early benchmarks
NVIDIA has now released a 6 GB version of the GeForce RTX 3050, a desktop graphics card it released in early 2022 with 8 GB of VRAM. However, NVIDIA has done more to the new GeForce RTX 3050 than merely slice 2 GB off its VRAM allocation. For one, NVIDIA has reduced the graphics card's memory bus from 128-bits to 96-bits.
As a result, memory bandwidth has dropped from 224 GB/s to 168 GB/s while maintaining a 14 Gbps memory clock. Additionally, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB has a 70 W TGP, a 46% decrease from its 8 GB counterpart. In other words, the new card lacks a dedicated power connector like the majority of NVIDIA's other recent graphics cards. Moreover, its GA107-325 GPU features 2,304 CUDA cores, matching the OEM version of the GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB but 10% shy of AIB versions.
Despite all the changes, the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB holds up well against its 8 GB sibling. According to ComputerBase's early gaming benchmarks, the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB comes up 20% short of the more powerful GeForce RTX 3050 8 GB. Somehow, the former achieves its results while maintaining a 60 W lower TGP. On top of that, ComputerBase observed that the 2 GB VRAM reduction does not heavily impact the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB's synthetic benchmark performance.
Unsurprisingly, the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB is cheaper than its 8 GB counterpart. On the one hand, European retailers have listed the card for between €180 and €185. On the other hand, NVIDIA is said to have officially priced the GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB at $169, with 'OC' editions likely available for $179.
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