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Recent reports claiming that Nvidia's next-generation flagship GPU, the RTX 5090, would be the only model released this year may not be accurate. A prominent Nvidia leaker with a solid record claims that the RTX 5080 will be released before the RTX 5090.
That leaker is none other than Kopite7Kimi. This news surprises many, as the RTX 5090 was expected to be the only SKU produced this year. Nvidia has yet to make any public statements about its next-generation gaming GPUs. Still, it did announce the Blackwell series for data centres, which is expected to reach the market this year.
It's not ture. RTX 5080 should be released first.
— kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) May 7, 2024
In 2022, Nvidia did something similar, launching the Hopper architecture for data centre products, followed by Ada Lovelace as the gaming GPU architecture. Both product categories were driven by the same architecture but built for distinct market sectors.
Based on current rumours, the RTX 5080 graphics card is expected to feature the GB203 GPU, a successor to the AD103, which could provide up to 96 SMs (or 12,288 CUDA cores). The GB202 is the flagship gaming GPU and is expected to have twice as many cores as the RTX 5080.
KitGuru says: If the RTX 5080 comes before the RTX 5090, it will be the first time since the RTX 20 series that Nvidia launches an x80 GPU before the flagship.
