New particulars have leaked for Nvidia’s next-gen GeForce RTX laptop computer GPUs, together with the potential new flagship RTX 5090 laptop computer chip. Whereas particulars are gentle, the leak means that Nvidia is dedicated to conserving the shared product names for each cellular and desktop playing cards, whereas additionally pointing to a doubtlessly beefed-up RTX 5080 for laptops.
Nvidia hasn’t but confirmed any particulars about its new RTX 5000 collection playing cards, that are more likely to dominate our greatest graphics playing cards shortlist on launch, however there’s a robust likelihood that the corporate is planning to announce them through the CES 2025 commerce present in January. Present cellular RTX 40 collection GPUs lack the facility and efficiency of their desktop counterparts, with a laptop computer RTX 4090 matching a desktop RTX 4070 Ti.
These new laptop computer Nvidia GPUs appeared on the PCI ID repository web site, a well-maintained archive of all recognized PCI units. The unique posts had been made below the title “faintsnow”, a contributor beforehand linked to a number of earlier Nvidia disclosures through the PCI ID repository through the years, together with the cellular RTX 3070 Ti earlier than it launched.
The brand new repository entries don’t affirm any particulars concerning the specs behind these new Nvidia Blackwell GPUs, but it surely appears to be like as if Nvidia is planning an identical mannequin lineup to the RTX 40 collection on laptops. Listed within the archive are entries for top-end RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 cellular GPUs, seemingly mid-tier RTX 5070 and 5070 Ti GPUs, and budget-level RTX 5060 and RTX 5050 GPUs for laptops.
The one uncommon entry is the cellular RTX 5070 Ti, as earlier Ti fashions, such because the RTX 4070 Ti, usually launched mid product cycle to refresh the lineup fairly than being a part of the preliminary launch. If this leak got here from a {hardware} producer, the entry for an RTX 5070 Ti may level to a a lot sooner launch than anticipated for that mannequin.
These particulars are backed up in a submit by {hardware} leaker Harukaze5719 on X (previously Twitter) who, together with being one of many first folks to identify the brand new PCI ID repository entries, additionally identified particulars concerning the Blackwell graphics processors utilized in every mannequin.
Based on Harukaze5719, particulars from the repository level to each the RTX 5090M and RTX 5080M utilizing the identical GB203M Blackwell GPU, whereas a number of unidentified GB102 GPUs are listed individually to the opposite mannequin names. This might be a departure from the RTX 40 collection, which noticed totally different GPU dies used for the RTX 4090 and 4080 on cellular.
Whereas real-world efficiency largely relies on the TDP (thermal design energy) limits set by every laptop computer, this might imply that the efficiency hole between the RTX 5090 and 5080 on laptops is far nearer in comparison with their 40-series counterparts. By utilizing the identical GPU, each playing cards could also be nearer in uncooked energy, with efficiency scaling primarily based on every mannequin’s TDP allowance fairly than any vital architectural variations.
Whereas these new laptop computer chips from Nvidia haven’t been formally confirmed, their look within the PCI ID repository is a possible signal that new gaming laptops containing them are already nicely on their technique to being accomplished. If Nvidia plans to launch its cellular and desktop RTX 50 collection GPUs collectively, new gaming laptops with these cellular GPUs may launch in early 2025, when present leaks recommend that the brand new lineup can be introduced.
If January is just too lengthy of a wait, take a look at the very best gaming laptops that can be purchased proper now, together with the Razer Blade 16, which features a top-spec RTX 4090 cellular GPU. It’s also possible to take a look at our RTX 5000 information to learn by every little thing we all know thus far about Nvidia’s next-gen lineup.
