Nvidia’s new Titan GPU will beat the RTX 5090, according to leak

In a transfer that would definitely shock us if it seems to be true, one rumor service provider has steered there may very well be a brand new Nvidia Titan AI graphics card within the works, primarily based on the upcoming Blackwell GPU. This could be a return of the Titan branding after Nvidia selected to not launch a Titan variant of its RTX 40 sequence Ada Lovelace GPUs.

Had been such a card to be launched, it might principally be a nailed on certainty to be the perfect graphics card you can purchase, with earlier Titan playing cards having been the very quickest variant of older Nvidia GPU architectures on the time of their launch.

The rumor comes initially from YouTube tech leaker RedGamingTech (video beneath) and has been corroborated considerably by common Nvidia graphics leaker @kopitekimi on X (previously Twitter), who can be cited as an authentic supply for the leak by RedGamingTech. No matter precisely who leaked what to who and when, the story goes that Nvidia isn’t simply engaged on a direct alternative for the RTX 4090 within the form of an RTX 5090 however that there will probably be an much more highly effective variant referred to as the Titan or Titan AI.

Not solely do we’ve an obvious title for this card however RedGamingTech even reveals a efficiency chart for the brand new playing cards, suggesting RTX 5090 will probably be 48% quicker than the RTX 4090 and the Titan AI will probably be 63% quicker than the RTX 4090. The 48% distinction for the RTX 5090 largely tallies with different rumors which have steered Nvidia’s new flagship will sport roughly 50% extra CUDA cores however that is the primary time we’ve heard point out of an excellent quicker card.

Crucially, whereas there may be possible room in Nvidia’s product stack to provide a brand new Titan that makes use of just a bit extra of the biggest Blackwell GPU dies than the RTX 5090 however not fairly as a lot as Blackwell GPUs destined for AI servers, there’s a variety of uncertainty over whether or not Nvidia would need to hassle with releasing such a product. Supposedly, a Titan primarily based on the present Ada structure was within the works however then Nvidia realised it merely didn’t have to launch such a product given the uncooked energy and market dominance of the RTX 4090. That state of affairs doesn’t seem to be it might be any totally different when the RTX 5000 sequence arrives.

That is one thing @kopitekimi eludes to of their posts on X, saying “The largest downside is whether or not it would truly be used on the market. Titan primarily based on Ada Lovelace additionally exists, but it surely has by no means been bought.”

What most likely isn’t doubtless is that there will probably be some avid gamers that might pay nearly any quantity to have the very quickest gaming GPU attainable. However such avid gamers will simply have to attend and see if there may be truly something to those rumors or in the event that they’ll simply must make do with lowly RTX 5090 as an alternative.

In different future GPU information, the present phrase on the road is that the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 launch gained’t be till 2025. In the meantime, information on AMD’s next-gen flagship card suggests the RDNA 4 card will probably be slower than the RX 7900 XTX, which is disappointing to say the least.