NVIDIA has officially launched its RTX 5880 Ada graphics card which is a cut-down variant of the RTX 6000 Ada with lower cores and lower power.
NVIDIA Releases RTX 5880 Ada Graphics Card For Workstation & Content Creators: Similar Cut-Down Specs As The RTX 4090D
The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada graphics card was first spotted last month when it was listed in the latest RTX Enterprise 537.99 Driver. Now, NVIDIA has made the graphics card official along with its specs which show a cut-down core configuration while the rest of the specifications remain intact. This is a card that's also designed to comply with the US export policies and the specs have been cut down to ensure that it falls within the maximum TPP (Total Processing Performance) limit of 4800 points.
The NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada Generation delivers the features, capabilities, and performance to meet the challenges of today’s professional workflows. Built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace GPU architecture, the RTX 5880 combines third-generation RT Cores, fourth-generation Tensor Cores, and next-gen CUDA cores with 48GB of graphics memory for unprecedented rendering, graphics, and compute performance. NVIDIA RTX 5880-powered workstations provide what you need to succeed in today’s ultra-challenging business environment.
In terms of specifications, the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada graphics card comes with a cut-down AD102 GPU core with 14,080 CUDA cores and 440 Tensor Cores. This is a reduction of 22% core versus the RTX 6000 Ada graphics card. The graphics card is clocked around 2.5 GHz and features 69.3 TFLOPs of FP32 compute & 1108 TFLOPs of Tensor performance. This is a 24% decrease in FP32 & tensor-core performance versus the RTX 6000 Ada.
For memory, the NVIDIA RTX 5880 Ada features the same 48 GB GDDR6 memory running at speeds of 20 Gbps for up to 960 GB/s bandwidth. Power consumption sees a slight decline of 15W (285W) versus the 300W of the RTX 6000 Ada GPU. The card comes in the standard dual-slot, active-cooled design and houses four DisplayPort 1.4a outputs. It also comes with triple Encore/Decode Engines.
While there's no information regarding the pricing, one can expect the RTX 5880 Ada to cost similar to the RTX 6000 Ada since the RTX 4090D, despite being a cut-down design for China, also launched at the same price as the regular RTX 4090. In that case, the RTX 6000 Ada should cost around $6800 US which is the retail MSRP of the 6000 Ada.
NVIDIA RTX Ada Workstation Graphics Card Lineup:
| Graphics Card | RTX 6000 Ada | RTX 5880 Ada | RTX 5000 Ada | RTX 4500 Ada | RTX 4000 Ada | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | RTX 2000 SFF Ada | RTX 2000E SFF Ada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU | Ada Lovelace GPU |
| GPU Process | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N | TSMC 4N |
| Die Size | 608mm2 (AD102) | 608mm2 (AD102) | 608mm2 (AD102) | 295mm2 (AD104) | 295mm2 (AD104) | 295mm2 (AD104) | 159mm2 (AD107) | 159mm2 (AD107) |
| GPU Cores | 18176 Cores | 14,080 | 12800 Cores | 7680 Cores | 6144 Cores | 6144 Cores | 2816 | 2816 |
| Tensor Cores | 568 Cores | 440 Cores | 500 Cores | 300 Cores | 192 Cores | 192 Cores | 88 | 88 |
| Boost Clock | 2.50 GHz | ~2.50 GHz | ~2.60 GHz | ~2.60 GHz | ~2.20 GHz | ~1.70 GHz | TBD | TBD |
| Single Precision | 91.1 TFLOPs | 69.3 TFLOPs | 65.3 TFLOPs | 39.6 TFLOPs | 26.7 TFLOPs | 19.2 TFLOPs | 12 TFLOPs | 8.9 TFLOPs |
| Tensor Performance | 1458 TFLOPs | 1108 TFLOPs | 1044 TFLOPs | 634 TFLOPs | 327 TFLOPs | 306.8 TFLOPs | 191.9 TFLOPs | 143 TFLOPs |
| VRAM | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 ECC |
| NVLINK VRAM | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit | 256-bit | 192-bit | 160-bit | 160-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 576 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 224 GB/s |
| TDP | 300W | 285W | 250W | 210W | 130W | 70W | 70W | 50W |
| Launch Price | $6800 US | TBD | $4000 US | $2250 US | $1250 US | $1250 US | $625 US | $849 US |
| Launch Date | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Q3 2023 | Q4 2023 | Q4 2023 | Q1 2023 | Q1 2024 | Q3 2024 |
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