News RTX 5050 could use the same 20 Gbps GDDR6 VRAM as the RX 9070 XT and RTX 4070 — Nvidia's budget card to leverage fastest GDDR6 possible

[Admin]

A new leak suggests Nvidia will be using the fastest mass-produced version of GDDR6 for the RTX 5050, capable of running at 20 Gbps. These modules are the same ones powering the RX 9070 series and the RTX 4070 GDDR6.

RTX 5050 could use the same 20 Gbps GDDR6 VRAM as the RX 9070 XT and RTX 4070 — Nvidia's budget card to leverage fastest GDDR6 possible : Read more

 

[bit_user]

Nvidia's budget card to leverage fastest GDDR6 possible

"Leverage?" What about "harness", "feature", or just simply "utilize"? It's bad style to use jargon, word when an ordinary word will work just as well or better.

I don't mind "leverage" being used, when it's appropriate. However, the name implies some sort of analogy with a lever, in which case you'd expect to see a nonlinear benefit being derived, as a result. DRAM speeds tend to have a weakly sub-linear relation to performance. Sometimes linear, but almost never super-linear. Therefore, I wouldn't describe any sort of non-exotic memory choice as something being "leveraged".

It remains to be seen what the RTX 5050 would be capable of with GDDR7

If it's not something we'll ever see, does it really remain to be seen? I'd use a turn of phrase like "We can only wonder".

 

[Notton]

Isn't there a faster GDDR6X that does 21Gbps? I recall that being a thing with the RTX 4070 GDDR6 vs GDDR6X
Not that I expect Nvidia to go for the expensive option for a scum tier card.

 

[usertests]

If it's not something we'll ever see, does it really remain to be seen? I'd use a turn of phrase like "We can only wonder".

We can only harness the heartstrings of teh words.

As for the 5050's performance, if it has 2560 cores as widely leaked, then I don't see it matching the RTX 4060 with 3072 cores (+20%). But it can be a decent bit faster than the RTX 3050 8GB which also has 2560 cores, but on the older Ampere architecture.

The only way the 5050 makes a splash is with a low price. Which could mean $200... even $220 in this market. A 75W SFF version would also be appreciated.

 

[bit_user]

Isn't there a faster GDDR6X that does 21Gbps?

GDDR6X is a non-standard and Micron-exclusive. That means it's more expensive, because you're locked into a single supplier, giving you no bargaining power or alternative supply, if they decide to shift more production over to GDDR7 or HBM4.

Also, the way it reaches higher speeds is by using PAM4, which probably burns more power than running GDDR6 at 20 Gbps.

BTW, the highest-clocked implementation of GDDR6X was the RTX 4080, which ran it at 23 Gbps.

 

[Dementoss]

A leak on X, well then it must be true...

These days, I wouldn't trust X users to tell me what day it is.