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NVIDIA’s Next-Gen RTX 40 Series ‘Ada Lovelace’ to Launch in 2022

NVIDIA’s highly anticipated GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs (codenamed ‘Ada Lovelace’) are currently being prepped for a global 2022... | 1. December 2021

NVIDIA’s highly anticipated GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs (codenamed ‘Ada Lovelace’) are currently being prepped for a global 2022 launch. Information is still scarce, but this upcoming generation will reportedly bring huge gains and an increased power draw to the table, along with numerous new bells and whistles that NVIDIA has been working on for the last few years.

Moreover, one reliable leaker claims that NVIDIA will be utilizing TSMC’s 5nm process node which should, by all means, result in best-in-class performance and efficiency (relative to its power).

NVIDIA isn’t pulling any punches here and, well, it’s easy to understand why: it’ll have to compete with AMD’s RDNA 3 graphics cards and even a slew of promising offerings from Intel.

Performance For Days

According to a recent leak, the NVIDIA AD102 “ADA GPU” seems to have a whopping 18,432 CUDA cores (a number that can, of course, change over the coming months) which is almost twice as many as current top-of-the-line Ampere GPUs. A reported 2.3—2.5Ghz clock speed would then result in 85—92 TFLOPs of compute performance, which is more than twice that of the RTX 3090. Let that sink in. This increase in power won’t scale linearly with gaming performance, of course, but we’re nonetheless talking about a truly mind-blowing delta here.

The RTX 40 series flagship will supposedly feature 24GB of memory which will make it an absolutely stellar choice for anyone doing demanding graphics-related workloads like 3D rendering and the like. The jump from Samsung’s 8nm processing node (the one used for Ampere) to a 5nm one from TSMC is an upgrade that cannot be overstated. That, however, means that NVIDIA will have to increase the TGP by up to 100%.

If you’re interested in the top-of-the-line RTX 40 series GPU, you’d be wise to first buy a sufficiently beefy power supply as that beast is going to draw up to 650W of power (give or take).

A Strange Status Quo

The fact that we’re talking about the RTX 40 series of GPUs — even though so few of us have managed to get our hands on its predecessor — feels quite confusing. It’s been well over a year since the initial batch of Ampere graphics cards were released and, frankly, things haven’t gotten any better in terms of availability.

And, well, we’re still waiting on the more “affordable” Ampere-based GPUs. By the time they come out (and can be bought at even remotely reasonable prices), Ada Lovelace ones will already be inbound. A strange state of affairs, no doubt. We just hope that the whole crypto craze will subdue by the these GPUs hit the market as things have gotten way out of hand.

Based on all available information, the RTX 4070, 4080, and 4090 will all hit the shelves in Q3 2022. There’s still not a whole lot to report on at this point in time, but that’s bound to change soon, so stay tuned!