Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series: All of the rumors so far (2024)

For years, AMD and Nvidia have traded blows as the sole manufacturers of consumer-grade desktop graphics cards. Although Intel's Arc series brought Team Blue to the fray, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4000 series dominates our best GPU lists, and for good reason. Not only do the Ada Lovelace GPUs bring amazing ray-tracing capabilities to the table, but you also get to enjoy smoother frame rates thanks to a combination of DLSS 3.5 and Nvidia's proprietary frame generation technology.

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What's more, Team Green's upcoming series is expected to be even better than the current generation. Named “Blackwell” after the Mathematician David Blackwell, the new graphics cards from Nvidia could bring high-bandwidth GDDR7 memory, support for PCIe 5.0, and several other features to the table. In this article, we’ll recap all the rumors and leaks about the GeForce RTX 5000 family.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series: When we're hoping to see it and how much we want to pay

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Nvidia tends to follow a 2-year release cycle for consumer graphics cards, with a refresh of the present-gen hardware around the one-year mark. Since Team Green debuted the Super variants of its current RTX 4000 GPUs in January 2024, it was believed that the Blackwell series will be unveiled by late 2024, though all signs now point to a CES 2025 announcement instead.

Earlier, HardwareLUXX, a German tech website, reported that we won’t see the “Ada Lovelace-Next” graphics cards before 2025. On the other hand, Youtuber Moore’s Law Is Deadclaimed that the newer cards could drop as early as Q4 2024. In an older X (previously called Twitter) thread, leaker kopite7kimi speculated that the new GPUs may be released "at the end of the year," before they noted that due to sanctions, the new GPUs could be pushed to 2025. Regardless, the leaker also stated that the RTX 5080 (code-named GB203) will be launched before the top-of-the-line RTX 5090.

Meanwhile, the pricing for the new graphics cards is anybody’s guess. The RTX series is notorious for being overpriced, and the exorbitant pricing trends are expected to continue with the Blackwell family. Assuming we’ll have an RTX 5090 instead of a 5090 Ti as the flagship GPU, it should bear the same (or slightly higher) launch price of $1,599 as the current-gen GeForce RTX 4090.

Specs

RTX 5090

RTX 4090

Code-name

GB202

AD102-300

Interface

PCIe 5.0 x16

PCIe 4.0 x16

Memory

36GB or 24GB GDDR7

24GB GDDR6X

CUDA cores

24,576

16,384

L2 cache

128MB

72MB

Boost clock

2.9GHz

2.52GHz

Architecture

Blackwell

Ada Lovelace

Memory bus width

512-bit

384-bit

Memory bandwidth

1,536 GB/s

1,008 GB/s

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Higher bandwidth GDDR7 memory on most GPUs

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Many GPU enthusiasts were disappointed with the Ada Lovelace family because Nvidia decided to bring over the GDDR6X and GDDR6 memory from older GPUs. Luckily, the rumor mill claims that the flagship graphics card(s) from the GeForce RTX 5000 series will leverage the latest GDDR7 memory. For reference, the GeForce RTX 4090 had a memory bandwidth of 1,008 GB/s, which is the same as that of the last-gen GeForce RTX 3090 Ti. In contrast, the memory bandwidth of the RTX 5090 is rumored to be 1,536 GB/s, which is a staggering 52% upgrade!

There have also been plenty of rumors about the GeForce 5090's memory bus. After many contradictory statements about the RTX 5090, kopite7kimi revealed that crème-de-la-crème GPU of the Blackwell family would feature a 512-bit memory bus. In June, they released a chart containing the details about the memory bus on each GPU in the upcoming family. Interestingly, the RTX 5050 (GB207) is the only graphics card in the series to possess the outdated GDDR6 video memory.

While we're on the subject, aside from a few rumors claiming the RTX 5090 will have 36GB of GDDR7 memory, there haven't been too many updates on the VRAM size of the GPU. Nevertheless, the GPU is bound to have at least 24GB of VRAM, like the last-gen RTX 4090. As for the other high-end model, kopite7kimi earlier cited that the GB203 card may possess half as much memory as the GB202 variant. Assuming it's not a "multi-chip package," this means a theoretical RTX 5080 will feature anywhere between 12 to 18GB of memory.

Higher TDP alongside 16-pin connectors

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Earlier in July, PSU manufacturer Seasonic accidentally added the TDP requirements of the next-gen Nvidia GPUs to its online wattage calculator. FIrst discovered by Twitter user Everest (@Olrak29_), the leaked specs were shortly taken down by Seasonic, but not before news outlets like VideoCardZ tracked the power consumption of all next-gen GPUs.

GPU

Code-name

TDP

RTX 5090

GB202

500W (50W more than the RTX 4090)

RTX 5080

GB203

350W (30W more than the RTX 4080)

RTX 5070

GB205

220W (20W more than the RTX 4070)

RTX 5060

GB206

170W (55W more than the RTX 4060)

RTX 5050

GB207

100W

Clearly, the Blackwell family has some power-hungry graphics cards, with the RTX 5090 requiring an additional 50W more than its last gen counterpart. While the RTX 5080 and 5070 surpass their predecessor's power consumption by 30W and 20W respectively, the RTX 5060 is quite the behemoth. With a massive TDP of 170W, the RTX 5060 needs 55W more than the RTX 4060 and 5W more than the 16GB variant of the RTX 4060 Ti. What's more, all GPUs will reportedly feature 16-pin connectors, which is quite surprising, considering there's even a RTX 5050 in the mix. Regardless, you might need to upgrade your power supply if you want to outfit your PC with the upcoming Team Green GPUs.

Potential MCM design

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Unlike AMD, Nvidia has stuck to monolithic dies for its graphics cards. A monolithic chip has all the circuitry on the same die, which makes it difficult to shrink the transistors without increasing the overall chip size. In contrast, a Multi-Chip Module (MCM) approach involves adding separate chips (called chiplets) connected via interposers onto a single substrate. This increases the scalability of MCM-based chips and allows manufacturers to squeeze in better specs.

According to leaker kopite7kimi, Nvidia’s GB100 and GB102 data center chips will feature an MCM design instead of the traditional monolithic architecture. Likewise, the high-end GB202 chip is expected to bring the MCM architecture to consumer GPUs. However, this new design probably won’t be included in the GB203, GB205, GB206, and GB207 chips as Nvidia will go with the same old monolithic architecture for its budget and mid-range GPUs.

New TSMC 4N manufacturing process (with a higher core count)

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Nvidia has continued to utilize newer manufacturing processes over the last couple of GPU generations, and judging by the rumors, the Blackwell series will be no different. Team Green’s upcoming GPU family will be based on the TSMC 4N process node, based on the TSMC 5 manufacturing process. Recently, kopite7kimi also confimred that the flagship GB202 chip will have the same manufacturing process as GB100, the chip meant for data center GPUs. However, the leaker noted that there would be a 30% increase in chip density of the GB202 SKU.

In an older tweet, kopite7kimi revealed that there won’t be a significant increase in the number of Graphics Processing Clusters (GPCs) and Texture Processor Clusters (TPCs) on the new GPUs. Additionally, panzerlied claimed that besides a 15% increase in frequency and 78% more cache, the GeForce RTX 5090 could see a 50% improvement in scale, which could translate to a higher 24,576 CUDA core count.

Support for PCIe 5.0 and DisplayPort 2.1

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Although the Ada Lovelace GPUs will work with PCIe 5.0 motherboards, they aren’t able to fully utilize the high-speed interface standard. However, the Blackwell GPUs are expected to be able to leverage the lightning-fast data transfer speeds provided by PCI Express Gen 5.0.

Likewise, the GeForce RTX 5000 graphics cards are rumored to be a step up from their predecessors in terms of display capabilities. According to kopite7kimi, the new GPUs will be compatible with the DisplayPort 2.1 standard, which supports much higher bandwidth, refresh rate, and resolution than the last-gen DisplayPort 1.4.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 series rumors: To believe or not to believe

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Although many of these leaks were disclosed by trustworthy sources, you should take them with a grain of salt. Not only have the rumors surrounding these GPUs changed time and again, but many of the leaks surrounding older Nvidia graphics cards were refuted soon after the products made their way to the market. For example, there was quite an uproar from the community when the flagship RTX 4090 from the Ada Lovelace family was believed to have a max TDP of 800W. Thankfully, the card debuted with a 450W TDP instead.

While there are plenty of reasons to believe that Nvidia will debut the Blackwell family in 2025, the company has kept its lips sealed for now. Either way, we're bound to hear more about the upcoming GPU family before long. But if you're unable to wait for the Blackwell series, the RTX 40-series GPUs are still worth looking into. In particular, the GeForce RTX 4070 remains our favorite GPU that provides solid performance without costing a fortune.

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FAQs

Is there an RTX 5000 series? ›

Nvidia's RTX 5000-series graphics cards have been clinging to the tech world grapevine for well over a year now, with one of the most speculated cards being the Nvidia RTX 5090.

What are the rumors for RTX 5090? ›

Nvidia RTX 5090 Blackwell GPU and architecture rumors

The new architecture is expected to include a significant increase in CUDA cores and other processing components, with one recent Blackwell specs leak suggesting the RTX 5090's GB202 GPU will include 192 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), up from 126 in the RTX 4090.

How much will rtx 5000 cost? ›

Estimated Price: $1,599+

How long until the NVIDIA 5000 series? ›

Nvidia 5000 Series Graphics Cards Expected To Come Out Late 2024 Or Early 2025. Nvidia is planning to release its next generation of graphics cards, the RTX 50 series, around late 2024 or early 2025.

Is the RTX 6000 real? ›

Designed to meet the challenges of today's professional workflows, the RTX 6000 provides unprecedented performance for rendering, AI, graphics, and compute workloads.

Can I use RTX 5000 for gaming? ›

RTX A5000 - no. That GPU, the A5000, is not a gaming GPU. It's a card for a workstation.

How much will a 5090 cost? ›

RTX 5090: Release Date & Information
FeatureRumored Spec/Information
Price$1699 – $1799 Expected
PerformanceSignificant gains over RTX 4090
ArchitectureNext-gen (possibly named “Blackwell”)
ProcessTSMC 3nm (rumored)
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Will the 5090 be better than the 4090? ›

The RTX 5090 is expected to deliver a 50-70% performance improvement over the RTX 4090, particularly excelling at 4K resolution. With 4K 240FPS gaming on the horizon, the RTX 5090 will be ideally suited for the most demanding gaming scenarios.

Will RTX 4070 beat 3080? ›

In most games, the RTX 3080 beats the RTX 4070 at 4K, with Forza Horizon 5 and Assassin's Creed Valhalla the noticeable exceptions. But the RTX 4070 comfortably beats the RTX 3070 at 4K, delivering close to 60fps in most games.

How much memory does the RTX 5000 have? ›

Unlike the Tesla V100, the Quadro RTX 5000 does not come with special 3D stacked memory. Instead, it has 16 GB of the latest generation of graphics memory, GDDR6 SDRAM. And thanks to its 8 memory controllers, the RTX 5000 achieves a healthy peak memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

How much gb is RTX 2050? ›

NVIDIA has paired 4 GB GDDR6 memory with the GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface.

How much power does the RTX 5000 series draw? ›

NVIDIA RTX 5000
GPU Memory32GB GDDR6 with error-correction code (ECC)
Max Power Consumption250W
Graphics BusPCIe Gen4 x 16
Form Factor4.4” H x 10.5” L, dual slot
ThermalActive
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What is the lifespan of a Nvidia GPU? ›

Nvidia's premium RTX 3080 is built to readily handle heavy 1440p and 4K gaming for 5+ years. Even the professional Quadro workstation cards can surpass 10 years through careful usage. But cheaper models like the RTX 3050 trim costs using components that may only last 3-4 years for 1080p gaming before falling behind.

How big will Nvidia be in 2030? ›

Nvidia's current market capitalization stands at $3.34 trillion USD. Our projection is that Nvidia will achieve a market capitalization of $8 trillion by 2030 or even earlier.

How much does a 4090 cost? ›

GPU ModelBest US PriceLowest-Ever U.S. Price
GeForce RTX 4090$1,999$1,549
GeForce RTX 4080$1,249$989
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti$759$714
GeForce RTX 4070$574$514
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Dec 2, 2023

How much will rtx 5090 cost? ›

RTX 5090: Release Date & Information
FeatureRumored Spec/Information
Price$1699 – $1799 Expected
PerformanceSignificant gains over RTX 4090
ArchitectureNext-gen (possibly named “Blackwell”)
ProcessTSMC 3nm (rumored)
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What is the highest RTX you can get? ›

✅ You want the best: The RTX 4090 is simply the most powerful GPU you can buy for your gaming PC today. The silicon inside it is monstrously powerful, and along with DLSS3 and Frame Generation, it provides a truly next-gen experience. ✅ You want to nail 4K gaming: This is the card that makes 4K gaming buttery smooth.

Is rtx 5000 ada good? ›

Overall, the new NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation GPUs do very well in all the content creation workflows we tested. The higher-end RTX 6000 Ada and RTX 5000 Ada, in particular, provided terrific performance across the board. The RTX 4500 Ada and RTX 4000 Ada are a bit more situational, depending on the workflow.

What is RTX500? ›

The RTX 500 Mobile Ada Generation is a professional mobile graphics chip by NVIDIA, launched on February 26th, 2024. Built on the 5 nm process, and based on the AD107 graphics processor, the chip supports DirectX 12 Ultimate.

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