The GeForce RTX 3050 has been around since January 2022, and formed the entry level of the company's RTX 30-series. It had its moment under the Sun during the crypto GPU shortage as a 1080p gaming option that sold around the $300 mark. With the advent of the RTX 40-series, NVIDIA is finding itself lacking an entry-level discrete GPU that it can push in high volumes. Enter the RTX 3050 6 GB. Cut down from the original RTX 3050, this SKU has 6 GB of memory across a narrower 96-bit GDDR6 memory interface, and fewer shaders. Based on the tiny GA107 "Ampere" silicon, it gets 2,048 CUDA cores compared to the 2,560 of the RTX 3050, a core-configuration NVIDIA refers to as the GA107-325. The card has a tiny typical graphics power (TGP) of just 70 W, and so we should see graphics cards without additional power connectors. The company plans to give the RTX 3050 6 GB a formal retail channel launch in February 2024, at a starting price of $179.