First Image of NVIDIA RTX 5080 for Laptops Leaks Ahead of CES 2024

Solomon Thompson / 2 months ago

In a recent leak from the Moore’s Law Is Dead podcast, the first image of the NVIDIA RTX 5080 for laptops has emerged. This adds to growing speculation that NVIDIA will unveil its RTX 50 series during CES 2024 in Las Vegas, focusing on both desktop and laptop models.

RTX 5080 Design and Performance Expectations

NVIDIA has reportedly begun sending samples of the RTX 5080 laptop GPU to various partners. According to the podcast (thanks VideoCardz), the engineering sample sports a rectangular design, differing from the RTX 40 series. Moore’s Law Is Dead claims that this model uses the GB203 chip, featuring 8192 CUDA cores and 16GB of GDDR7 memory and the performance of the RTX 5080 for laptops is expected to be 45-65% higher than the RTX 4080 with 12GB RAM.

This card’s design is linked to the new Blackwell architecture, which will replace the Ada Lovelace architecture. The RTX 50 series, led by the 5090 and 5080, is rumored to deliver significant performance gains compared to the current high-end RTX 4090.

The podcast also suggests that the RTX 5080 could perform similarly to the desktop RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, as long as the GDDR7 memory speed exceeds 28 Gbps, and the laptops have a power draw of 175W or more.

Possible Variants in the RTX 50 Lineup

A recent leak from Clevo, a prominent motherboard manufacturer, has also confirmed NVIDIA’s plans to launch several versions of the RTX 50 series for laptops, including: