The PCB and GPU-Z of a purported NVIDIA RTX TITAN ADA have appeared online showing an interesting matchup of old and new tech. It’s been a spell since NVIDIA last released a TITAN-class graphics card with the last one being the Turing-based TITAN RTX in 2018. That card had featured 24 GB GDDR6 memory, 4608 CUDA cores/576 Tensor cores, a boost clock of 1,770 MHz, and for those still experiencing sticker shock with flagship GPUs, had an MSRP of $2,499.
From TITAN back to x90
NVIDIA has since chosen not to follow up with another RTX TITAN and instead brought back the x90 lineup (last seen with the unreleased GTX 790 in 2014) with the GeForce RTX 3090 in 2020. Nicknamed BFGPU for “creators, researchers, and extreme gamers” it featured 24 GB GDDR6X memory, 10,496 CUDA Cores, and a boost clock of 1.70 GHz for $1,499. The RTX 3090 Ti would follow in January 2022 with 10,752 CUDA Cores and an increased boost clock of 1.85 GHz at the same price. The x90 continues to be NVIDIAs flagship line for best gaming performance while also providing substantial options for AI, content creation, and bridging the gap between consumer and professional needs, something that the TITAN class had previously done. The ADA-based RTX 4090 launched in October 2022 with 16,384 CUDA cores/512 tensor cores, 24 GB GDDR6X memory at $1,599.
RTX TITAN ADA vs RTX 6000 ADA vs RTX 4090
Images: FluxRBLX (via Reddit)
Reddit user FluxRBLX has posted images on Reddit (from another called Goofish) for appears to be an NVIDIA RTX TITAN prototype. One is the PCB and the other is a GPU-Z screenshot. It has a whopping 18,432 CUDA cores, by comparison, NVIDIA’s RTX 6000 ADA low-end professional card has 18,176, and the aforementioned RTX has 16,384. Base/boost clocks are listed at 735 MHz/2,490 MHz. While memory is doubled to 48 GB its GDDR6 modules are clocked slower at 864 GB/s whereas the GDDR6X of the RTX 4090 is just over 1 TB/s.
So there you have it, this purported NVIDIA RTX TITAN ADA prototype had a fully enabled AD-102 GPU and while having twice as much memory as the current flagship GPU, it was using slower VRAM modules. There are still those wondering if NVIDIA will ever bring back the TITAN class but it all comes down to if the GPU manufacturer feels there’s a gap to fill since the x90/TITAN GPUs slot into an ambiguous market crossing between gaming and professional use and NVIDIA does have other tiers of cards for both.