What you need to know
- The specs for NVIDIA’s upcoming and unrevealed RTX 5080 and 5090 cards have possibly leaked.
- The leak comes via @kopite7kimi on X (Twitter), who has a reliable track record of leaking NVIDIA and AMD hardware.
- According to the leak, the RTX 5080 will sport 16GB of RAM, while the RTX 5090 weighs in with 32GB of RAM and a colossal 600 watt power draw.
If you’re building a new PC, considering giving it the heftiest power supply possible.
That’s because details on NVIDIA’s unrevealed RTX 5080 and 5090 graphics cards have leaked thanks to @kopite7kimi on X (Twitter). In two separate posts, the longtime reliable hardware leaker shared details on what users can expect from NVIDIA’s next set of GPUs.
For the 5080, we can expect 16GB of VRAM, with a notable 400 watt power draw. Meanwhile, the 5090 weighs in at 32GB of VRAM, requiring a staggering 600 watts. To provide a comparison, the $1000 RTX 4080 also has 16GB of VRAM, and requires 320 watts of power. Meanwhile, the $1600 RTX 4090 provides 24GB of VRAM while needing 450 watts.
NVIDIA continues to go hefty with its high-end cards
Needless to say, that’s a huge leap up for both cards, but especially for the RTX 5090. If this is one you’ll be eyeing, I recommend double and triple-checking your cooling system and your power supply.
The lack of a significant VRAM increase for the 5080 is also notable, especially considering the implications for the 5070 and the vast increase in VRAM that many games now have at 4K with high settings enabled.
We’ll have to wait and see how things pan out. NVIDIA has been the cutting-edge of graphics technology for a while, pioneering advanced AI improvements like DLSS 2 and 3, including frame generation, with technology that power path tracing in games like Alan Wake 2.
