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.