The latest rumor is that NVIDIA is expecting to achieve at least twice the amount of performance for the RTX 60 series over its “Blackwell” generation. Rumors regarding information for unreleased, and specifically officially unannounced products, should always be treated as such, but more often than not, they at least begin a path to the facts. That being said, such fantastical claims as more than 2x performance gains over the previous generation usually end up scaling down substantially until they are closer to 25 to 35 percent in terms of raster or raw computational ability. Although when it comes to AI-related features, the numbers can be all over the map, creating a statistician’s dream, which could rival any Madden play diagram.
Youtuber4 RedGaming Tech is making some bold claims that their source(s) state that NVIDIA’s “Rubin”-based graphics will be making its way to consumers with a minimum double performance gain over “Blackwell” with its 6th Gen Tensor Cores built on the TSMC 3nm process. GPU clock speeds are expected to be between the high 2 GHz and low 3 GHz range, targeting a slight boost over the current RTX 50 series. Neural rendering of DLSS 5 is also expected to help provide a boost for the RTX 60 series. This rumor is also sticking to a 100% gen-over-gen improvement with 5th Gen RT cores when it comes to path tracing. Raster performance sees the usual modest gains of around 30%-35%.
Rumored RTX 6090, 6080, 6070 specs
| Model | Die | SM | Memory Size | Memory Bus |
| RTX 6090 | GR202 | 192 | 32 GB GDDR7 | 512-bit |
| RTX 6080 | GB203 | ? | 20 GB GDDR7 | 320-bit |
| RTX 6070 | GR205 | ? | 16 GB GDDR7 | 256-bit |
The ongoing belief is that NVIDIA is hoping to avoid missing its roughly every two-year or so cadence release schedule, but that could be tricky given the current memory supply shortage. If sticking to that cadence, these GPUs would arrive in 2027, but more than a few rumors have already suggested sometime in 2028. Meanwhile, pricing needs to be of great concern for consumers since the current x80 and x90 “Blackwell” GPUs launched for $999 and $1,999, respectively, and usually go for double or more depending on market conditions, so one could only imagine the impact that rising memory costs will have on future products so buckle up folks, it’s going to be a bumpy ride.
Discussion (14 replies)
Join Discussion →In very specific ai focused areas. Yes an uploft.over all. Which means its going to cost used car money.
And that's where DLSS 5 comes in :D
Yep on both accounts and why my next strategy is a 31-32" 1440p 21:9 with all the 2026 bells and whistles so my 5090s can retire comfortably.
will the 6080 beat the gaming version of AT0 (384bit gddr7 ~6x PS5 pro)
will Nvidia release a 2nm refresh of 6080 super to crush the 'competition' ??
I thought the PS6 was comparable to a RTX5070.
so a 30% improvement vs the 15% we got now?
2 years from now when they get around to actually releasing it in 2028
If they release it in 2028. Nvidia may well abandon the consumer market like IBM has.
I wonder how much power it'll need to deliver 2x performance.
They should finally make it external, with its own PSU and user upgradable cooling, with only a bracket to plug into the PCIe slot.
I could very well see them spinning off GeForce as an independent company or sell it off. Not sure it would make a ton of sense, but I'm not an accountant or business major so I don't know why companies do that in the first place.
It would be an interesting move. Make it a completely independent branch of the company. Isolate it's performance from the rest of Nvidia so it can prove it's value on it's own without Grandpa nvidia always paying the tab.
Only problem is Jensen is not interested in that otherwise he would've done it already. He apparently likes being in the headspace of gamers (taking Geforces out of ovens and enjoying signing on the breasts of gamer fans).
I mean yea some of us dudes got big ole biddies.