People would come out of the woodwork to one-up each other about how it should be named lower, have more VRAM, and cost less, all at the same time.
All true, really. 8 GB would match the W7500 and give an easy win over the 3050 6GB. It should be named lower than the W7500 if it couldn't include 8 GB. 3050 6GB pricing is very high for what it is, so I would hope AMD could come in below it.
I think the big reviewers have the self-awareness to realize that a ~70-75W competitor to the 3050 6GB can and should exist, at the right price. The VRAM complaints are primarily about 8 GB cards above $300, and soon at $300 (5060 12GB is always looming over the 5060 8GB).
An 8 GB SFF card would be better than 6 GB, but if it was below $200, the complaints wouldn't be so bad because there are very few competitors to compare it to: the 3050 6GB and A380 also have 6 GB, some expensive professional cards have more, and then you get into older/weaker cards, often with 4 GB.
I assume RX 7300/7500 is a no go at this point, but hopefully the RX 9040 can become real.
AIBs wouldn't stick to single slot/half height/no power cable designs.
I don't think it is common for 75W tier GPUs to be supplied with additional power. I didn't notice that for the 3050 6GB, and it might be a policy enforced by AMD/Nvidia/Intel when they make these cards. The big problem I've seen from AMD is that they pump up the clocks and raise TDP on the cheap junk like the 6500 XT to squeeze out a little more performance, depriving PCIe-only users of another option. It was only recently that
the sub-75W RX 6500 apparently became a thing.
Since there are reports of the RTX 5050 using 130 Watts, and the 6500 XT used 107 Watts, I assume AMD would do the same with an RX 9050. Only the RX 9040 or below can save this niche.
I am worried that single slot/half height is harder to obtain than it should be. Particularly low profile/half height, which I believe is the more common constraint. I think I could do dual-slot in the case I'm looking at, but it needs to be low profile. Both single slot and low profile would make it more useful though.