Monday, January 15th 2024
Possible NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB Edition Specifications Appear
Alleged full specifications leaked for NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB graphics card show extensive reductions beyond merely reducing memory size versus the 8 GB model. If accurate, performance could lag the existing RTX 3050 8 GB SKU by up to 25%, making it weaker competition even for AMD's budget RX 6500 XT. Previous rumors suggested only capacity and bandwidth differences on a partially disabled memory bus between 3050 variants, which would reduce the memory to 6 GB and 96-bit bus, from 8 GB and 128-bit bus.. But leaked specs indicate CUDA core counts, clock speeds, and TDP all see cuts for the upcoming 6 GB version. With 18 SMs and 2304 cores rather than 20 SMs and 2560 cores at lower base and boost frequencies, the impact looks more severe than expected. A 70 W TDP does allow passive cooling but hurts performance versus the 3050 8 GB's 130 W design.
Some napkin math suggests the 3050 6 GB could deliver only 75% of its elder sibling's frame rates, putting it more in line with the entry-level 6500 XT. While having 50% more VRAM helps, dramatic core and clock downgrades counteract that memory advantage. According to rumors, the RTX 3050 6 GB is set to launch in February, bringing lower-end Ampere to even more budget-focused builders. But with specifications seemingly hobbled beyond just capacity, its real-world gaming value remains to be determined. NVIDIA likely intends RTX 3060 6 GB primarily for less demanding esports titles. Given the scale of cutbacks and the modern AAA title's recommended specifications, mainstream AAA gaming performance seems improbable.
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Some napkin math suggests the 3050 6 GB could deliver only 75% of its elder sibling's frame rates, putting it more in line with the entry-level 6500 XT. While having 50% more VRAM helps, dramatic core and clock downgrades counteract that memory advantage. According to rumors, the RTX 3050 6 GB is set to launch in February, bringing lower-end Ampere to even more budget-focused builders. But with specifications seemingly hobbled beyond just capacity, its real-world gaming value remains to be determined. NVIDIA likely intends RTX 3060 6 GB primarily for less demanding esports titles. Given the scale of cutbacks and the modern AAA title's recommended specifications, mainstream AAA gaming performance seems improbable.
42 Comments on Possible NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6 GB Edition Specifications Appear
Plus you'll have no need to upgrade for a lot longer.
There's the more heavyhanded clock limiting (along with undervolt of course) but you really need to be careful in some games where at the same clock speed certain scenes in some games can load the with GPU 15-20% more power at the same clocks*. So do you then optimize for 45W and get considerably less performance most of the time (as at those low powers just the memory subsystems will be 50% or more of the TBP) or run at 55W and be eternally vigilant about those high-power games?
Lol I'd go the eternally vigilant route as I'm kinda OCD about managing all my cards' clocks and power but then I've also forgotten a bunch of times as well.
* an example of this +15% is playing Ark: SE with a fixed max GPU core frequency with my GTX 1080 at 1911 MHz and 0.9V and almost all of the game tops out at 135W TBP. Except when you need to access your Argy or Theri's inventories and you need to stick your nose up to the animal to get close enough to open it. The closeup feathers push TBP to 155W and is the only time in the game I see this +15% power use.
A long time ago, I had many years of heavy usage with a 60 watt card without problems, and I've detached so many items since then that I've probably cleared an extra 10 watts, and switching from an HDD to a SATA SSD reduced the power consumption further, so I'm quite sure I could handle a 70 watt card, and even if I couldn't, I'd use the Power Target feature to reduce it to 60 watts. But even the minimum allowed Power Target of 54 wouldn't cause me to trust a 180 watt power supply.
The 1650 was the last in this segment AFAIK. There has been this gap in their lineup for people who get SFF or OEM desktops without GPU connectors or without the PSU oomph to drive a big GPU, and aren't looking to play over 60FPS / 1080P medium, but want a lot more than IGPs offer. This likely describes 50%+ of gamers. The 1650 was until recently the #1 GPU used on Steam, just recently got bumped to 2nd place by the 3060.
Something most of this forum seems not to comprehend, not everyone cares about AAA or even new games in general, or not in every build. If I can play Bannerlord on high instead of minimum that's already enough for me, and the fact I might not be able to play Alan Wake 2 doesn't bother me because I won't play it even if I have got 4090.
The fact that it's such low power is a great advantage as I could entirely power it through thunderbolt, no need to connect it to a power socket, and the card will be small, so even taking it with laptop when traveling will be possible.
(u know in this chart 62% -30% = 42%
not 32%)
And looking spects its 15% slower than 3050 "elder"
so 3050 6GB will be around 52-55% in this chart.
6500 just sux because 4GB and they benchmark higher settings so 4GB is too low in those settings sometimes.
3050 whit 6GB dont have same problems than 4GB vram Gpus
10% less cores with 17% lower clocks, 25% lower memory bandwidth, 33% less memory, yeeess, this is exactly 15% slower
jsut image if this card is only $100, I'm sure nvidia could spare some igm out of $180...
" 3050 6GB will be around 52-55% in this chart."
that what i told, it seems u got some problems to see the first numbers?
yes 15% is 52.7 but u dont know it will be 15% slower or maybe its 13%, there is no benchmarks yet.
So thats why its somewhere around 52-55%
But the first thing was when u told
"it will be somewhere around rx6500xt"
That was wrong, but dont be a mad its okay to be newbie and learn something new everyday.
3050 6GB can be just right GPU for u, so just wait benchmarks until u buy, or look used Rtx2060/Rtx2070 those are usualy cheap ones in used markets. Have fun!
This, of course, assumes that NVidia doesn't do something outrageous with pricing...fingers crossed
U say.. Around 6500XT :roll:
Just what I told you, now go to buy 3050 6GB to upgrade your potato 1050
By the way, what happend with your prediction "13%" slower than 3050 8GB? That is what happening when you are skip the math classes