NVIDIA Rumored To Launch A 24 GB GeForce RTX 5080 GPU After 16 GB Variant, First Gaming Blackwell Shipments Spotted

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 GPU is rumored to get a 24 GB upgrade after the launch of the 16 GB model as reported at Chiphell Forums.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU Rumored To Get 16 GB and 24 GB Variants, Possibly A 3 GB GDDR7 Module Upgrade

NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 specifications were revealed yesterday and the first thing that everyone was able to point out was the halving of core and memory specs for the RTX 5080 vs its bigger brother. The RTX 5080 is said to feature a similar VRAM configuration as the existing RTX 4080 GPUs with 16 GB capacities and a 256-bit bus interface. However, the memory itself will utilize the newer GDDR7 standard which should bring a nice uplift in bandwidth and we can also expect a L2 cache boost.

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Now obviously, 32 GB VRAM on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 sounds much more enticing, and 24 GB for the RTX 5080 would've been a better choice but it looks like the initial memory configuration might be limited due to GDDR7 yields. GDDR7 is going to be a fairly new memory architecture and the process needs to be mature to allow for higher speeds and capacities. Early reports suggest 28 Gbps die speeds and 2 GB capacities per module but that might change.

According to prominent Chiphell Forum member, Polymorph, who has previously leaked the first GPU pictures of the GA102 "Ampere" GPU core, revealed the configurations of RTX 40 series cards and also detailed RX 6000 "RDNA 2" GPU specs, it looks like NVIDIA may offer a 24 GB variant of the RTX 5080 in the future.

Now there are two ways that a 24 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is going to happen. The first and least likely way is that the green team uses the GB202 GPU core, allowing for a 384-bit memory bus and a 24 GB configuration. But there's another path and the more likely one which is to use 3 GB VRAM modules which will be available with