NVIDIA companions have began to make GeForce RTX 3050 graphics playing cards with trimmed down specs accessible in pre-built PCs. This OEM variant has each fewer CUDA cores, in addition to barely scaled again GPU base/increase clocks. In any other case, the OEM RTX 3050 is identical because the PC DIY discrete graphics card you should purchase at most electronics retailers.
Within the high picture, you’ll be able to see a photograph of what’s presupposed to be an OEM GeForce RTX 3050 with the marginally decreased specs. It was apparently pulled out of a pre-built PC in China. Outwardly, all of it seems to be fairly regular.
Coinciding with the Chinese language social media put up at this time, we discover that NVIDIA has up to date its RTX 3050 desktop product web page to mirror the modifications made to the OEM model. The CUDA core rely is decreased from 2,560 to 2,304 (an 11% reduce), the GPU increase clock has been decreased from 1.78 to 1.76 GHz (1% discount), and the GPU base clock has been decreased from 1.55 to 1.51 GHz (2.6% discount). Reminiscence specs, TDP, single 8-pin energy connector, and every part else we will see stay as per the non-OEM model of this graphics card.
This isn’t the primary time that NVIDIA, or AMD, has launched a brand new model of a graphics card with totally different specs however with the identical identify. Even earlier than at this time, there have been two totally different RTX 3050 fashions – based mostly upon the GA 106 and GA107 GPUs from NVIDIA. Nonetheless, they each sported the identical core counts and clocks, reminiscence – all equivalent. With this OEM model, based mostly on the GA106, there are some overt efficiency impacting specification variations.
On this case, it’s seemingly that NVIDIA had numerous spare GA106 GPU dies left over that didn’t make the grade for the RTX 3060, RTX 3050, or varied equally named cell GPUs it sells. Slightly than sit on a pile of silicon waste, it has been capable of qualify a worthwhile amount with 2,304 working CUDA cores.
In coming months, new and used patrons should beware. The brand new OEM card could possibly be 10 to fifteen% slower with its decreased cores / clocks. Additionally, an OEM card won’t supply as premium a construct as a big-brand product – so the cooler won’t supply pretty much as good efficiency, or be as quiet.
Turning to pricing—as an OEM half, this graphics card very most likely  gained’t have shopper ‘MSRP’ pricing however could also be unofficially accessible in Far Japanese electronics malls, hopefully commensurately discounted. Sadly, China’s ITHome, the supply publication, didn’t have any details about the producer, construct high quality, pricing or availability of the brand new GeForce RTX 3050 OEM.
