Which pulled GPU chips from graphics cards are worth the most?

The liquid market is dominated by NVIDIA Ampere/Ada and AMD RDNA2/RDNA3 dies: RTX 3060 (GA106) about CNY 45-90 per die; RTX 3070 (GA104) CNY 80-150; RTX 3080 (GA102) CNY 130-260; RTX 3090 (GA102-300) CNY 200-420; RTX 4060 (AD107) CNY 60-120; RTX 4070/4070Ti (AD104) CNY 100-220; RTX 4080 (AD103) CNY 300-600; RTX 4090 (AD102) CNY 700-1200; AMD RX 6600 (Navi 23) CNY 40-80; RX 6700XT/6800 (Navi 22/21) CNY 70-160; RX 7900XTX (Navi 31) CNY 300-550. Identify by die code and marking first (GA/AD/TU for NVIDIA, Navi for AMD) — sanded and remarked units are downgraded on sight. The retiring GA106 and GA102 mining stock are the two highest-volume grades right now.

What is the most profitable way to handle retired mining cards and faulty cards in bulk?

Priority from highest to lowest: whole cards first — clean complete cards go to the second-hand card channel and beat dismantling on value; second, faulty cards with good cores (VRAM or power-stage damage) are the hot item for core-level repair shops, quoted by card model plus core SKU; third is die harvesting — reball, test and grade by die code. Mining-board lots from the RTX 3060/3080/3090 retirement wave are quoted per lot, one price per ticket with mixed-model lots pricing at the lowest tier. Sort mining units (load wear, fan noise, burnt MOSFETs) from personal cards before quoting — the channels and prices are completely different.

Is gaming GPU chip recycling the same as AI accelerator (H100/A100) recycling?

No — completely different channels. Gaming GPU cores (consumer RTX/Radeon dies) feed the graphics-card repair, reballing and second-hand card market: high volume, unit prices in the hundreds of CNY. AI accelerators (H100/A100/H200 and similar) are data-center GPGPUs from server retirements, feeding AI refurbishment and dedicated compute channels with thousands of CNY per unit, plus security locks and compliance-destruction requirements. ChipReclaim buys both lines but quotes and ships them separately. Gaming card retirements are the higher-volume, lower-barrier entry point for recyclers moving into GPU categories.

Gaming GPU Chip Recycling: NVIDIA RTX & AMD Radeon Graphics Processor Buyback — 2026 Prices

Q: How do you test GPU dies and what is reballing?

Three steps: first check the die code and markings to confirm the exact SKU and suffix — dies with chipped corners, crushed edges or missing pads are downgraded immediately; second, reball — re-solder fresh solder balls onto the harvested die with BGA rework equipment, then light it up on a test bench or a known-good card and run memory self-test plus a 3D load test — dies that boot stably and pass full load price as good cores, while units with artifacts, driver errors or abnormal thermals drop to a sub-grade; third, check the core-to-VRAM relationship — many so-called VRAM failures are actually cold-solder or damaged cores, so repair shops re-verify every die in-house, and shipping with test records typically commands a 10-20% premium. Scrap and broken dies run CNY 5-15.

The Highest-Value Single Chip on the Board — Still Scrapped by the Kilo

Gaming graphics cards carry some of the highest-value single chips in consumer electronics: on an RTX 3080 board, the GPU die (GA102) accounts for more than half of the card's value, and an RTX 3090's GA102-300 core is worth CNY 200-420 to the reballing repair market, yet it still gets priced by the kilo as whole GPU board scrap. After the RTX 50-series (Blackwell) launch in 2025, RTX 30/40-series cards entered a dense upgrade window; on top of that, the mining-card retirement wave is pushing RTX 3060/3080/3090 board stock into recycling channels in massive volume — the GPU die is the highest-value chip that is most often left inside the board lot. Core-level repair (reballing and die replacement) has been booming through 2024-2026, and the single most profitable improvement in graphics-card recycling is pulling cores out of board scrap and grading them by die code.

Two Architecture Families: NVIDIA GA/AD/TU and AMD Navi Die Codes

The harvested GPU dies flowing through 2026 fall into two camps. NVIDIA Ampere and Ada — the mining-workhorse GA106 (RTX 3060), GA104 (RTX 3070), GA102 (RTX 3080/3090), plus the Ada-generation AD107 (RTX 4060), AD104 (RTX 4070/4070Ti), AD103 (RTX 4080) and AD102 (RTX 4090), with legacy TU106/TU116 (RTX 2060S/1660S) left over from the earlier mining cycle. AMD RDNA2/RDNA3 — Navi 23 (RX 6600/6600XT), Navi 22 (RX 6700XT), Navi 21 (RX 6800/6900XT) and Navi 32/31 (RX 7800XT/7900XTX). Identification order: read the die code and laser marking first (GA/AD/TU for NVIDIA, Navi for AMD), then the suffix for the exact tier — on the same GA102 silicon, the 3090's GA102-300 outranks the 3080's GA102-200; on AD104, the 4070Ti's AD104-400 prices above the 4070's AD104-250. Sanded and remarked dies claiming to be higher SKUs are downgraded on sight; mixed lots price at the lowest tier.

Gaming GPU Die Buyback Reference Prices (2026)

Reference Price (CNY) for harvested graphics processor cores, graded by condition, 2026 (reballed and testable):

Die	Corresponding Card	Reference Price (CNY)
Scrap / broken / sanded	All SKUs	CNY 5-15 / pc
TU106 / TU116	RTX 2060S / GTX 1660S (mining legacy)	CNY 30-60 / pc
GA106	RTX 3060 (mining retirement主力)	CNY 45-90 / pc
GA104	RTX 3070	CNY 80-150 / pc
GA102	RTX 3080	CNY 130-260 / pc
GA102-300	RTX 3090 (24GB)	CNY 200-420 / pc
AD107	RTX 4060	CNY 60-120 / pc
AD104	RTX 4070 / 4070Ti	CNY 100-220 / pc
AD103	RTX 4080	CNY 300-600 / pc
AD102	RTX 4090	CNY 700-1200 / pc
Navi 23	RX 6600 / 6600XT	CNY 40-80 / pc
Navi 22 / 21	RX 6700XT / 6800	CNY 70-160 / pc
Navi 31	RX 7900XTX	CNY 300-550 / pc

Note: 2026 reference ranges, moving with graphics-card and repair-market demand; complete cards, die-plus-VRAM kits and volume lots quoted separately.

Verification: Reballing and Lighting Up Is the Acid Test for GPU Dies

GPU die testing is a step above ordinary chips, but the flow is fixed: first check the die code and markings — confirm the exact SKU and suffix; dies with chipped corners, crushed edges or missing pads are downgraded immediately. Second, reball — re-solder fresh solder balls on the harvested die with BGA rework equipment, light it up on a test bench or a known-good card, and run memory self-test plus a 3D load test; dies that boot stably and pass full load price as good cores, while units with artifacts, driver errors or abnormal thermals drop to a sub-grade. Third, check core-to-VRAM correlation — many \"bad VRAM\" faulty cards are actually cold-solder or damaged cores, and repair shops re-verify every die in-house, so shipping with test records commands a 10-20% premium. Keep mining cores on their own tier — long-term high-load mining can degrade silicon, so they get separate quotes and separate buyers from personal cards.

Three Supply Sources: Mining Retirements, RTX 50-Series Upgrades and Faulty-Card Repairs

Mining-card retirements: RTX 3060/3080/3090 and 1660S/2060S board stock — the highest volume with mixed condition, sorted and quoted per lot
RTX 50-series upgrade swaps: 30/40-series cards retired as players move to Blackwell — low power-on time, the highest good-die ratio
Faulty cards and repair pulls: cards with dead VRAM or burnt power stages but healthy cores — the hot commodity for core-level repair shops

Trends: Core-Level Repair Is Turning GPU Dies into Tradable Hard Currency

Both ends of GPU chip recycling moved in the right direction in 2026. On the supply side, the mining retirement wave and the RTX 50-series upgrade wave are stacking, pushing GA106/GA102/AD104 and other mainstream cores into recycling channels in volume. On the demand side, core-level repair (reballing and die replacement) has replaced whole-card replacement as the mainstream of graphics-card repair, and third-party repair shops buy verified good cores steadily at a premium. GA102 (RTX 3080/3090) is the best-selling tier right now — the largest repair volume, stable test pass rates and fast turnover; AD102 (RTX 4090) carries the top unit price but lower volume, so it belongs on locked-channel sales. Pulling GPU dies out of board scrap and grading them by die code is one of the most profitable improvements in 2026 chip recycling. (AI accelerators like H100/A100 run through dedicated data-center channels and are quoted on a separate line — we buy both.)

Advice for Recyclers

Whole cards first, dies graded after: clean complete cards go to the card channel; faulty cards with good cores are packaged for repair shops; only then harvest dies and grade by die code
Test before shipping: deliver reballing and bench-test records with the lot; core-level repair shops pay 10-20% more for verified good cores
Keep mining and personal cards on separate lines: mining units show high-load wear — separate quotes, separate buyers, never blend them down
Lock channels for high-end dies: AD102/GA102-300 cores go to fixed repair channels; bulk mining board stock goes one-price-per-lot

ChipReclaim runs full sorting and testing lines for NVIDIA/AMD GPU cores, VRAM dies, mining card stock and AI accelerators, with reballing, power-on testing and graded pricing. Graphics-card repair shops, mining-farm retirement channels, internet-cafe upgrade cycles and volume sellers all get free evaluation, per-die testing and graded pricing — let's cash out graphics card cores one die at a time.