Posted 2/4/2024, 10:30:42 PM
NVIDIA Launches New $169 RTX 3050 Graphics Card With 6GB VRAM, 46% Lower Power Target
- NVIDIA released a new 6GB version of the RTX 3050 graphics card, which has 46% lower power target than the 8GB model
- The 6GB 3050 features 96-bit memory bus (vs 128-bit on 8GB) and 168 GB/s bandwidth (vs 224 GB/s on 8GB)
- Despite hardware downgrades, the 6GB model performs within 20% of 8GB version in early gaming benchmarks
- NVIDIA priced the RTX 3050 6GB at $169, compared to $249 launch price of the 8GB model
- Early benchmarks show 2GB less VRAM does not heavily impact synthetic benchmark performance of the 6GB card