A 24 GB Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 will follow the 16 GB graphics card, according to a leak

There will reportedly be two versions of this Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080a first with 16 GB of GDDR7 VRAM and a second with 24 GB of memory that will follow later. If true, this rumor is reminiscent of the launch of the GeForce RTX 4080 GPU, with this chip initially expected to be available in 12GB and 16GB graphics cards. However, the former was later “discontinued” due to the negative reaction from PC gamers to the disappointing specifications.

The new Blackwell-based GPU is expected to launch in early 2025 alongside the GeForce RTX 5090, with the latter expected to be the best graphics card in Nvidia’s gaming stable. However, the latest leaked GeForce RTX 5080 specs don’t paint a flattering picture of Nvidia’s new second-tier GPU, as it looks pretty unproductive compared to the RTX 5090 thanks to half the VRAM and less than half the CUDA count of cores.

The former could potentially be solved if this latest leak is true. This particular rumor comes from Chiphellforum user PolyMorph, who stated in a post on the forum that the “5080 will be released later in 24G” (Google Translate from Chinese). Of course, none of this has been officially confirmed by Nvidia, so don’t take it as fact, but PolyMorph has previously uncovered some reliable Nvidia leaks, including sharing a photo of the GeForce RTX 3090 GPU with the correct name “GA102-300.” -A1” codename before it was released.

As Wccftech notes, Nvidia could potentially make a 24GB version of the RTX 5080 without also changing the rest of the GPU specs, since GDDR7 can come in both 2GB and 3GB chips, meaning that the new memory could be a direct replacement, without the need to change the width of the memory bus or indeed the number of memory chips around the GPU.

That’s a much better situation than the 12GB and 16GB RTX 4080, where the two graphics cards not only had a different amount of VRAM, but also a lower specification, with a narrower memory interface and fewer CUDA cores 12GB card (which was later released as GeForce RTX 4070 Ti).

This time, once 3GB GDDR7 chips become available in reasonable yield, Nvidia could upgrade the RTX 5080 from 16GB to 24GB without changing the core spec elsewhere and without the huge additional cost of making a 32GB one. Add map. Therefore, we can expect the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 16GB to launch first and a second RTX 5080 24GB to launch later, possibly with GPU overclocking too.

If you want to know what to expect with Nvidia’s upcoming new GPUs, check out our complete Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 guide where we’ll tell you everything we know so far about the new flagship graphics card.