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Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 is no one’s idea of a powerhouse, but it’s a decent 1080p GPU and it’s still the cheapest way to buy into Nvidia’s RTX 3000-series ecosystem if you want DLSS 2.0 support or Nvidia’s ray-tracing implementation. MSI has published specs for a revised version of one of its RTX 3050 GPUs (via VideoCardz), advertising the same general features and performance levels but lowering the power consumption estimate by 15 W.
The lower power consumption appears to come from the GPU’s use of a smaller graphics die, called GA107. Older RTX 3050s use the same GA106
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