The interesting outcome from the new series NVIDIA’s GPU that will be release in January 2022 is that they appear to have unearthed a new kind of graphics card power connector. The PCIe 5.0 power connector is designed to solve one of the massive problems with the 30^th series GPU nowadays is the power delivery which is supplying the power for high-end cards. The existing 8-pin connectors can supply up to 150W each, which is why the most power-hungry offerings take two or even three connectors.

The new connector may not look too different from what we’ve seen before until you spot the four smaller pin connectors on the bottom row. his row, along with the 12 main connectors means that in total you're looking at 16-pins. Only the main block is for power though, with those smaller pins apparently being signal lanes—although what these are actually for is unclear at this stage.