Good news for players? Nvidia may have different plans for RTX 5000 than previously thought

There has been a lot of speculation recently about the release of Nvidia's new graphics cards in the form of the RTX 5000. However, the rumors condensed in one direction: only the flagship RTX 5090 is scheduled to appear in 2024.

However, a current rumor says that things are different.

Why is that important? If only the RTX 5090 were released this year, gamers' purchasing interest would probably be limited. Because the top model is likely to reach similar or even higher price ranges than the RTX 4090, which cost just under 2,000 euros at launch.

The RTX 5080, on the other hand, could manage the balancing act between high-end performance on the one hand and a just affordable price on the other. A launch in 2024 would therefore be good news for players who want to upgrade their system.

In detail: On May 6, hardware magazine Techpowerup published a post on Platform Coming out in 2025. This confirms previous rumors and speculations.

However, the leaker kopite7kimi, known in hardware circles, reacted vehemently:

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kopite7kimi writes: That is not true. RTX 5080 should be released first.

However, the leaker did not comment in more detail, such as a specific release date.

How do we assess the situation?

Which suggests that only the RTX 5090 will appear in 2024

The possible release period is difficult to estimate. There are good arguments in favor of only the RTX 5090 being released initially:

• Speculation has recently increased that AMD will not attack the high-end segment with the next generation of graphics cards and will leave the field to Nvidia.
• Without competition, Nvidia would not be forced to put all its cards on the table.
• The RTX 5080 could come close to or even catch up with the RTX 4090 in terms of performance. This means that Nvidia would have no need to offer its own and probably cheaper competitor to the current top model.

At the same time, the RTX 5090 should be enough as a pure enthusiast graphics card to underline Nvidia's supremacy in terms of performance.

Which suggests that the RTX 5080 will also appear in 2024

On the other hand, 90s and 80s models were always brought onto the market at short intervals at the end of the same year:

• The RTX 3080 was released on September 17, 2020, followed by the RTX 3090 on September 24, 2020.
• The release of the RTX 4090 was on October 12, 2022, while the RTX 4080 was released about a month later, on November 16, 2022.

It is therefore entirely conceivable that Nvidia will stay true to its line and bring both top models onto the market in 2024.

Overall, we think it's a bit more likely that only the new flagship will appear initially, followed by other models in 2025. But kopite7kimi could just as easily be right and the RTX 5080 will appear in 2024.

The assumed specifications of the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080

How powerful will the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 be?

To classify the performance: In comparison, the RTX 4090 has 16,384 cores and uses GDDR6X graphics memory. This means that the RTX 5090 would have 50 percent more computing cores and faster graphics memory. At the same time, the clock speeds should also increase slightly (to over 3 GHz).

We therefore expect the RTX 5090 to have 50 to 60 percent more performance than the RTX 4090.

The RTX 5080, in turn, could come close to or even catch up with the RTX 4090 and noticeably outperform the RTX 4080 (9,728 cores) at the same time. Here we expect 30 percent more performance.

What do you think? Will we see RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 later this year? Or do you think that only the RTX 5090 will be released for the time being, followed by the remaining models in 2025? Feel free to write it to us in the comments!