Nvidia, which wants to take the graphics card competition to the next level, has accelerated its work for its next generation architecture. The technical specifications of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 family, which will come with DisplayPort 2.1, have leaked. Here are the details…
Nvidia RTX 50 series specs
Compared to N5 (the 5nm variant optimized for NVIDIA), 3nm technology offers a 25 to 30 percent reduction in power consumption and an additional 10 to 15 percent performance advantage per transistor. The 3nm technology, however, will offer a 1.7x increase in transistor density over its predecessor.
Nvidia’s HPC/AI-focused “Blackwell” architecture is expected to utilize TSMC’s 3nm technology, along with the latest HBM3e memory solutions. It is among the claims that the game-oriented RTX 50 series will be offered to users with GDDR7 memory.
This will be the first time the company will introduce both business and gaming-oriented products with the same nomenclature. It is also speculated that the HPC side will likely adopt a chipset-based design, while the gaming side will stick with monolithic chips.
In addition to production technology, Nvidia is expected to use DisplayPort 2.1 technology in its next generation graphics cards. The AMD Radeon RX 7000 graphics cards introduced last year featured DisplayPort 2.1 technology.
In terms of launch, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” GPU architecture is expected to be introduced by late 2024 or early 2025. There is not enough information about the pricing of the next generation graphics cards yet.