Last month, Nvidia introduced their next-gen Ampere GPU structure, which is ready to type the muse of their subsequent technology graphics playing cards, at present being dubbed the RTX 3000 sequence. While the RTX 3000 sequence GPUs haven’t been formally introduced simply but, it’s solely a matter of time earlier than Nvidia elevate the lid on their next-gen graphics playing cards such because the hotly-anticipated RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti, so I assumed I’d spherical up every thing we all know up to now about Nvidia’s Ampere GPU structure and what it’d imply for the RTX 3000 sequence.
I’ll, after all, be updating this text regularly as and when extra details about Nvidia’s RTX 3000 GPUs will get introduced, so watch this area for extra particulars on the RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti’s launch date, value and specs. For now, although, right here’s every thing we all know up to now.
Nvidia Ampere launch date
As talked about above, Nvidia haven’t even formally introduced their RTX 3000 sequence GPUs but, however that hasn’t stopped the net hearsay mill from suggesting a possible Nvidia Ampere launch date of someday in August 2020.
If that’s true, we will in all probability anticipate an announcement from Nvidia fairly quickly relating to their Ampere RTX 3000 sequence, and with all of the E3 2020 streams (or no matter we’re calling this month-long interval of E3-ness) taking place quickly, I wouldn’t be shocked if Nvidia took the chance to announce one thing extra concrete within the subsequent few weeks.
Indeed, in 2018, Nvidia unveiled their Turing RTX 2000 GPUs at Gamescom, which often occurs in August, so it might make sense for Nvidia to do the identical factor once more for his or her RTX 3000 GPUs. This yr, Gamescom might be going down on-line as an alternative of its normal bodily occasion in Cologne, Germany, however it’s at present slated to run August 27-30th. Could we see an Nvidia RTX 3000 launch then? As at all times, I’ll hold you updated on precisely what’s introduced as and when it will get confirmed.
Nvidia Ampere specs
When Nvidia unveiled their Ampere GPU structure at their on-line GTC 2020 keynote speech in May, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang confirmed that it will likely be utilizing a 7 nanometer (nm) manufacturing course of.
This is important as Nvidia’s present crop of RTX 2000 sequence graphics playing cards, such because the RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 2080 use a 12nm manufacturing course of in the meanwhile, so the bounce to 7nm ought to deliver with it a substantial leap in efficiency. The smaller the manufacturing course of, the extra transistors Nvidia can match on a bit of silicon, resulting in extra highly effective GPUs and sooner efficiency throughout the board.
AMD’s Radeon RX 5000 graphics playing cards such because the RX 5700 XT have already made the leap to 7nm, and their upcoming AMD Navi GPUs are additionally set to be 7nm as effectively. As a consequence, Nvidia’s Ampere GPU structure will lastly deliver them according to their AMD rivals.
The struggle between AMD and Nvidia is about to get very popular certainly.
Of course, we’ll have to attend for Nvidia to launch some particular efficiency figures earlier than we will get an concept of how a lot sooner their RTX 3000 sequence playing cards might be over their current RTX 2000 GPUs, however the hearsay mill is at present satisfied that the RTX 3080 Ti might be as much as 40% sooner than the RTX 2080 Ti thanks to an enormous 5376 CUDA cores, 12GB of reminiscence and a 384-bit bus interface.
That might, after all, simply be a load of bobbins dreamed up by keen specs leakers, so for now it’s finest to take any alleged specs and efficiency figures floating in regards to the web with a pinch of salt.
Nvidia Ampere value
The similar goes for anybody claiming to know the way a lot Nvidia’s Ampere RTX 3000 graphics playing cards are going to value, as a result of that data simply isn’t obtainable but. We could make some educated guesses, after all, primarily based off the present pricing of Nvidia’s RTX 2000 sequence playing cards, however till Nvidia do a correct announcement, every thing is simply hypothesis at this level.
The solely factor we now have to go on is what Nvidia’s RTX 2000 playing cards value once they launched again in 2018, which you’ll be able to see within the graph beneath, together with their respective specs. I’ve additionally added within the launch costs of Nvidia’s RTX Super playing cards from final yr, too, so we’ve acquired an entire image of their present RTX 2000 line-up.
| Graphics card | CUDA Cores | GDDR6 RAM | Memory Speed | Memory Bandwidth | Power | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 | 1920 | 6GB | 14 Gbps | 336GB/s | 160W | £329 / $349 |
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super | 2176 | 8GB | 14 Gbps | 448GB/s | 175W | £379 / $399 |
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 | 2304 | 8GB | 14 Gbps | 448GB/s | 175W | £549 / $599 |
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super | 2560 | 8GB | 14 Gbps | 448GB/s | 215W | £475 / $499 |
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 | 2944 | 8GB | 14 Gbps | 448GB/s | 215W | £749 / $799 |
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super | 3072 | 8GB | 15.5 Gbps | 496GB/s | 250W | $669 / $699 |
| Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti | 4352 | 11GB | 14 Gbps | 616GB/s | 250W | £1099 / $1199 |
As such, I wouldn’t be shocked if the RTX 3080 Ti’s value (or no matter it’s going to be referred to as) is near $1200 when it will definitely comes out, and I’d think about the RTX 3080 will value someplace within the area of $800, too.
Of course, loads will rely upon the pricing of AMD’s upcoming ‘Big Navi’ GPUs, that are additionally set to launch sometime before the end of 2020, but when Nvidia actually wish to win on value, then matching the launch costs of their RTX 2000 playing cards would definitely go some option to successful over potential GPU consumers. Until they make a correct announcement, although, it’s at present anybody’s guess what the precise RTX 3000 sequence pricing goes to be.
That’s all of the concrete details we learn about Nvidia Ampere in the meanwhile, however we’ll little question be listening to extra about Nvidia’s RTX 3000 line-up over the approaching months. To keep updated with every thing Nvidia Ampere associated, why not pop this text in your bookmarks, as I’ll be including to it regularly as quickly as extra data is introduced. If the present leaks are something to go by, the race to turn into the best graphics card could possibly be about to get very fascinating certainly.
