GPU rumors: Leaks to GeForce RTX 4000 should get more substance

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Leaks on GeForce RTX 4000 model variants allegedly being considered by Nvidia and their potential configurations have been appearing almost every day in recent weeks and months – they often even contradicted each other. Rumors about the Ada generation could soon have more substance – says another rumor.

Partners are said to have received the first final data

Twitter user AGF held out the prospect of this, citing as justification that Nvidia has now provided partners such as Asus, MSI and Co. with the information they need to create their own custom designs for the next Develop Gen graphics cards.

If this information is correct, it doesn't have to mean that the rumor mill surrounding Nvidia's Ada graphics cards, which has at times taken on grotesque traits, paints a clearer picture – if you believe exactly this rumor mill on this point. Because recently it was said repeatedly that Nvidia would initially launch a new top model, presumably a “GeForce RTX 4090” with a predominantly active AD102 chip, with a clear time lag, the rest would follow later. Some voices even only spoke of the coming year – partly with reference to the now confirmed, full warehouse with GeForce RTX 3000. Either way, partners may only have received information about this top model for the time being. And if not, several models obviously appear at a shorter time interval.

Facts still not reported

Many observers who are fundamentally interested in the scene have been wishing for more facts and less speculation for a long time. To date, however, only the basics of the three GPUs AD102 (144 SM in 12 GPC, 96 MB L2, 384 bit), AD103 (84 SM in 7 GPC, 64 MB L2, 256 bit) and AD104 (60 SM in 5 GPC, 48 MB L2, 192 bit) and the key data of a large AD102 variant (“GeForce RTX 4090”) to be considered secure. The models below, initially in analogy to the predecessor GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4070, were again the subject of a wide variety of rumors, although a large gap between an AD102-based 4090 and an AD103-based 4080 was the subject of all speculation.

Latest rumors about GeForce RTX 4000 series “RTX 4090” “RTX 4080” “RTX 4070” Architecture Ada (TSMC N4) GPU AD102 AD103 AD104 streaming multiprocessors (SM) 128 80/76 60/56 FP32 ALUs 16,384 10,240/9,728 7,680/7,168 Base Clock 2,235MHz ? MHz ? MHz boost clock 2,520 MHz ? MHz ? MHz maximum clock >2,750 MHz ? MHz ? MHz FP32 processing power 82.6 TLOPS ? ? Memory 24 GB GDDR6X 16 GB GDDR6X 10/12 GB GDDR6/X Memory interface 384 bit 256 bit 160/192 bit Memory speed 21 Gbps 21 Gbps 18/21 Gbps Memory bandwidth 1,008 GB/s 672 GB/s 360/504 GB/s TDP 450 watts 420 watts 300 watts Presentation October 2022 ? ?