NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 20GB to launch in December?

Please note that the post is no longer valid. NVIDIA has told AIBs that this SKU has been canceled. More here.

We have some fresh info from NVIDIA.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 20GB, 3070 16GB and 3060 Ti

NVIDIA has revised the plans for the upcoming RTX 30 series ‘refresh’. If you were planning (or trying) to buy a high-end GPU, then you should definitely wait for December. Our sources are confident that NVIDIA will launch two SKUs: 3080 20GB and 3070 16GB in that month.

The plans to launch 3070 Ti with 6144 CUDA cores have allegedly been scrapped. No reason was provided, but we believe that yield of GA104 could’ve been an issue (the PG142 SKU 0 required full GPU to be operational). Thus, we should not expect GA104-400 till SUPER refresh next year.

The GeForce RTX 3070 8GB will be updated to 16GB memory. This SKU carries a codename of PG142 SKU 05 and it is also expected to launch in December. Meanwhile, in the mid-range space we have RTX 3060 Ti, which now has been pushed back to mid-November, our sources claim.

According to the information we gathered this week, AMD is set to launch three SKUs based on Navi 21 with 16GB memory. In response, NVIDIA is adding SKUs with higher memory capacity.

Please note we are sharing information as soon as we receive it. Some dates may shift as we approach the launch. This year has been exceptionally surprising for GPU enthusiasts with some cards already being postponed. NVIDIA may revise the plans as we learn more about Navi 21 availability.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 Series Specifications
VideoCardz.com	RTX 3090	RTX 3080 20GB	RTX 3080 10GB	RTX 3070 16GB	RTX 3070 8GB	RTX 3060 Ti
Picture						[To be leaked]
Reference Board	PG132 SKU 10	PG132 SKU 20	PG132 SKU 30	PG142 SKU 05	PG142 SKU 10	PG190 SKU 10
GPU	8nm GA102-300	8nm GA102-200	8nm GA102-200	8nm GA104-300	8nm GA104-300	8nm GA104-200
Die Size	628 mm2	628 mm2	628 mm2	392 mm2	392 mm2	392 mm2
Transistors	28.3 B	28.3 B	28.3 B	17.4 B	17.4 B	17.4 B
CUDA Cores	10496	8704	8704	5888	5888	4864
Tensor Cores	328	272	272	184	184	152
RT Cores	82	68	68	46	46	38
Base Clock	1395 MHz	TBC	1440 MHz	TBC	1500 MHz	TBC
Boost Clock	1695 MHz	TBC	1710 MHz	TBC	1725 MHz	TBC
Shader Perf.	35.6 TFLOPS	TBC	29.8 TFLOPS	TBC	20.3 TFLOPS	TBC
Memory	24 GB G6X	20 GB G6X	10 GB G6X	16 GB G6	8 GB G6	8 GB G6
Memory Clock	19.5 Gbps	TBC	19 Gbps	TBC	14 Gbps	14 Gbps
Memory Bus	384-bit	320-bit	320-bit	256-bit	256-bit	256-bit
Max Bandwidth	936 GB/s	TBC	760 GB/s	TBC	448 GB/s	448 GB/s
Thermal Design	350W	TBC	320W	TBC	220W	~180W
MSRP	$1,499	TBC	$699	TBC	$499	TBC
Release Date	September 24th	December	September 17th	December	October 15th	Mid-November

Source: VideoCardz