GS70 Stealth Pro-212 GPU Memory

I recently purchased a MSI GS70 Stealth Pro-212 from THIS Amazon listing. In the listing it says that laptop has 6GB of "Graphics Card Memory", yet all my tests keep saying it has 2GB.
I understand that there is a integrated Intel GPU and a dedicated NVIDIA GPU. I am referencing only to the NVIDIA GPU. All other specifications match perfectly. Am I just missing something?

Yah, the other programs must be reading it incorrectly. GPU-Z Shows the full 6GB.

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