The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti, previously one of many greatest graphics playing cards, has a long-lost sibling that by no means debuted in the marketplace. Nevertheless, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB, which we have seen in a number of EEC listings, appears actual or no less than has existed for a while.
{Hardware} leaker MEGAsizeGPU (opens in new tab) has shared some pictures and a GPU-Z screenshot of what seems to be the unreleased GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB. It is somewhat complicated, although. The images present a GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Version. The design and the mannequin identify on the backplate affirm it.
Nevertheless, the GPU-Z screenshot reveals the specs for the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti however with 16GB of GDDR6 reminiscence as a substitute of 8GB. From the appears of it, we suspect {that a} producer had recycled the GeForce RTX 3070 cooler for this particular GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB. Nevertheless, we have already seen consumer mods that improve the GeForce RTX 3070’s reminiscence capability twice fold, so we would not be shocked if this GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB is a laboratory experiment from somebody’s storage.
The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB continues to be on the GA104 (Ampere) silicon, the identical one used within the vanilla GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. It nonetheless wields 6,144 CUDA cores at the side of 192 Tensor cores and 48 RT cores. Nevertheless, the clock speeds are seemingly totally different. Whereas the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has a 1,575 MHz base clock and 1,770 MHz enhance clock, the never-before-seen 16GB variant sports activities a 1,590 MHz base clock and 1,800 MHz enhance clock.
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Because the identify implies, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB has double the reminiscence of the unique GeForce RTX 3070 Ti. Nevertheless, the reminiscence modules are totally different, in keeping with the leaked GPU-Z screenshot. All this time, we thought that the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB would use the identical GDDR6X reminiscence modules because the common variant. Nevertheless, the GPU-Z screenshot says in any other case. As an alternative, the 16GB mannequin allegedly makes use of a lot slower GDDR6 reminiscence modules.
The GeForce RTX 3070 Ti has 19 Gbps GDDR6X reminiscence modules that talk throughout a 256-bit interface to provide a reminiscence bandwidth of as much as 608 GBps. Alternatively, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB reportedly has 16 Gbps GDDR6 reminiscence modules. Nevertheless, because it retains the 256-bit reminiscence bus, the graphics card solely delivers 512 GBps of reminiscence bandwidth.
Whereas the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB has barely sooner clock speeds and double the reminiscence capability, the Ampere graphics card provides decrease reminiscence bandwidth than the 8GB mannequin. Sadly, we have by no means seen any leaked benchmarks for the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 16GB, so its efficiency stays a thriller.