According to German media Igorslab, NVIDIA plans to launch a new version of the RTX 3050 8GB desktop version, replacing the existing GA106 core with a GA107 core.
The GA107 version of the RTX 3050 graphics card specifications are the same as the GA106 currently sold, and because the GA107 and GA106 pins are compatible, there is no need to develop a new PCB, which reduces development costs for manufacturers and enables seamless migration.
The difference is that the GA107 version of the RTX 3050 has a TBP of 115 watts, thanks to the efficient architectural design of the GA107, while the GA106 core version has a TBP of 130W.
The report also points out that the limit power consumption of the GA106 core is about 150W, and the GA107 is about 130-140W, but NVIDIA may allow manufacturers to unlock the limits of the GA107 core to achieve the same power consumption.
It is reported that the full GA106 has 3840 CUDA cores, the current official release of the RTX 3060 desktop version is 3584, the RTX 3050 desktop version is 2560, ga107 is smaller, and the full version has 3072 CUDA cores.
If this news is true, it is foreseeable that in the future, the RTX 3050 will have two core versions of GA106 and GA107 mixed, unless the manufacturer mentions it, the user will not be able to identify which core is used in the graphics card.
However, this move may reduce the price of the RTX 3005 graphics card, and there are current rumors that Nvidia will also launch a GA107 core RTX 3050 4GB graphics card.
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