NVIDIA To Introduce New GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB GPUs In 2024: 70W TGP With Cut-Down Specs & Lower Prices

04.10.2023 - 15:29 / wccftech.com / New

NVIDIA is expected to introduce a brand new variant of the GeForce RTX 3050 in 2024 with the Ampere GPU architecture & 6 GB memory.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 was introduced in January 2022 but two years later, the company is set to introduce a brand new variant of the RTX 3050 as our sources report. It is stated that NVIDIA is preparing a new GeForce RTX 3050 model which will reutilize the Ampere GPU architecture & get 6 GB of VRAM.

It is unknown why NVIDIA has decided to start prep work on a new GeForce RTX 30 series graphics card while the RTX 4050 is pretty much MIA at this point with no new reports or leaks pointing out a near-future launch. It is likely that NVIDIA wants to get rid of some older and entry-level stock of its Ampere GPUs.

Coming to the specifications, the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card will feature a GA107-325-Kx GPU and will be based on the PG173 SKU 16 PCB board. We cannot determine the exact core count yet but the card does come with lower clock speeds of 1470 MHz which are 17% lower than the original GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card.

The card also features a 96-bit wide bus which is lower than the 128-bit bus featured on the original variant. As such, the card only gets 6 GB VRAM versus the 8 GB you got on existing cards. All of this will lead to the card sipping in much lower GPU power with a rated TGP of just 70W and most models won't require an external power connector. Meanwhile, the RTX 3050 8 GB features a 115W TGP &graphics cards come with 8-pin connectors. The card will also lead to cheaper and low-cost PCB designs leading to lower BOM from an AIB point-of-view.

As for the production of the card, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB graphics card is expected to hit production in January 2024 with a launch following later. Once again there's no word on the RTX 4050 but with the upcoming launch of the Intel Arc A580 which is positioned against the RTX 3050 & RX 6600, it looks like NVIDIA may have prepped this as a direct competitor to the new Alchemist offering. The Arc A580 is likely going to cost less than $200 US and it is unlikely that NVIDIA would launch an RTX 4050 in that segment given its recent pricing. So a revised RTX 3050 6 GB can make sense in the $150 segment.