NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 5080 custom model has leaked for the first time, giving us a taste of the next-gen gaming GPU designs.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Custom Model With Next-Gen Cooling & Stunning Custom Design Leaks Out
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU is going to be among the first RTX 50 "Blackwell" gaming products to hit shelves, and it looks like one of the custom models has already leaked out.
You are looking at MSI's GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming Trio OC Edition, which features a similar yet slightly upgraded design that seems to be a 2.2-slot design instead of the 3.5-slot design of the previous RTX 4080 Gaming Trio.
The front shows that the card uses a similar triple-fan cooling solution, but this is a Tri Frozr 4 upgrade instead of Tri Frozr 3 on the previous RTX 40 series cards. Some features of the new cooling solution include the Stormforce Fans, nickel-plated copper baseplate, core pipes and a metal backplate.
Other than that, you can find some specifications, such as the 16 GB GDDR7 memory, 256-bit bus interface, and outputs, which include 3 DisplayPort and 1 HDMI connector. Some of the key tech features listed on the packaging include:
- Dedicated Ray Tracing Cores
- Dedicated Tensor Cores
- NVIDIA DLSS
- Game Ready and NVIDIA Studio Drivers
- NVIDIA APP
- NVIDIA Broadcast
- NVIDIA G-Sync
Following is the current-gen MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Gaming Trio for comparison:
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Graphics Card
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card will be based on the PG144/147-SKU45 PCB and will incorporate the GB203-400-A1 GPU die. This card will utilize the full GB203 GPU die with 84 SMs and 10,752 cores, but that's a big -51% reduction compared to the RTX 5090. For comparison, the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 had a -40 percent difference in the number of cores, so the overall performance is going to vary by a huge margin.
Other than that, the RTX 5080 is also going to feature half the VRAM configuration with a 16 GB capacity running across a 256-bit bus interface while utilizing GDDR7 modules. The graphics card will feature the fastest GDDR7 memory on the market, offering up to 32 Gbps speeds for 1024 GB/s or 1 TB/s of total bandwidth. The graphics card will feature a 400W TBP. This will be a 25% increase in the power wall, but once again, the real-world figures should be very different.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 GPU Specs (Official):
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Blackwell GB202-300 | Blackwell GB203-400 | Blackwell GB203-300 | Blackwell GB205-300 | Blackwell GB206-300 | Blackwell GB206-250 | Blackwell GB207-300 |
| GPU SMs | 170 | 84 | 70 | 48 | 36 | 30 | 20 |
| GPU Cores | 21760 | 10752 | 8960 | 6144 | 4608 | 3840 | 2560 |
| Clock Speeds | 2017 MHz (Base) 2407 MHz (Boost) | 2295 MHz (Base) 2617 MHz (Boost) | 2295 MHz (Base) 2452 MHz (Boost) | 2325 MHz (Base) 2512 MHz (Boost) | 2407 MHz (Base) 2572 MHz (Boost) | 2280 MHz (Base) 2497 MHz (Boost) | 2317 MHz (Base) 2572 MHz (Boost) |
| Memory Capacity | 32 GB GDDR7 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 12 GB GDDR7 | 8-16 GB GDDR7 | 8 GB GDDR7 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Speed | 28 Gbps | 30 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 20 Gbps |
| Bandwidth | 1792 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 896 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Power Interface | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 16-Pin or 8-Pin | 8-Pin | 8-Pin |
| Launch | 30th Jan, 2025 | 30th Jan, 2025 | 20th Feb, 2025 | 4th March, 2025 | 16th April, 2025 | 19th April, 2025 | 1st July, 2025 |
| TBP | 575W | 360W | 300W | 250W | 180W | 145W | 130W |
| Price (MSRP) | $1999 | $999 | $749 | $549 | $379-$429 | $299 | $249 |
News Source: Chiphell Forums
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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