Nvidia's GeForce RTX 3050 Ti desktop graphics card, which was planned to be part of the Ampere architecture lineup but never released, has surfaced years later. An engineering sample shared online officially confirmed the card's technical specifications and potential performance values.
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Appears Years Later
The GeForce RTX 3050 Ti was shared with GPU-Z screenshots and 3DMark Time Spy results. Although the software identified the card only as "Nvidia Graphics Device," labels on the PCB confirm it is a GeForce RTX 3050 Ti sample. According to the shared information, the graphics card uses the GA106-200-A1 graphics processor. This chip is a different version of the GA106 GPU used in the higher-segment RTX 3060 series.
Card's Technical Specifications:
- 3328 CUDA cores
- 104 TMU
- 48 ROP
- 6 GB GDDR6 memory
- 192-bit memory bus
- 336 GB/s bandwidth
- 1410 MHz base clock
- 1665 MHz boost clock
- 120W TDP
For comparison, the standard RTX 3050 8 GB model that was released came with 2560 CUDA cores and a 128-bit memory bus. This indicates that the unearthed RTX 3050 Ti sample has approximately 30 percent more CUDA cores.
Performance Approaches RTX 3060
In the shared Time Spy test result, the card's graphics score was measured at 7787. This value is higher than typical RTX 3050 results and indicates performance quite close to some RTX 3060 8 GB test results. So, why was the RTX 3050 Ti never released? Roadmaps revealed in 2020 specifically mentioned PG190 card designs and GA106-based RTX 3050 Ti configurations.
Despite this, Nvidia later released 8 GB and 6 GB versions of the RTX 3050, and the RTX 3050 Ti desktop model was never officially introduced. Although the reason for the company canceling this model is unknown, the engineering sample that surfaced shows that the RTX 3050 Ti reached a very advanced stage in its development process.
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