Debates rage on as to whether Nvidia’s upcoming mid-series Blackwell refresh will carry the Super or Ti moniker, but whatever’s on the horizon seems to be shaping up nicely. Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Super has once again crept out of the woodwork, with leaks pointing towards a welcome memory upgrade that could plug that monstrous gap between RTX 5080 and RTX 5090.
According to reliable leaker kopite7kimi, GeForce RTX 5080 Super is not only real but potentially shaping up to be one of the first refreshes in the Blackwell desktop lineup. Carrying 24GB of VRAM, it’s a marked improvement over the standard 16GB seen on GeForce RTX 5080, although still shy of RTDX 5090’s 32GB.
Better yet, the new 3GB GDDR7 modules might push the boundaries up to 32Gb/s bandwidth across a 256-bit bus, taking the crown for fastest memory we’ve seen in a consumer card. Currently, that’s a title held by the current 80-class card, which is the only Blackwell rated at 30Gb/s for a total 960GB/s bandwidth. I have my fingers crossed, as this will push RTX 5080 Super past the 1TB/s barrier.
Memory might be all that’s new if the leak is anything to go by as kopite7kimi lists the same 10,752 CUDA Cores. This implies an identical 84 RT cores and 336 Tensor cores since they’re all tied together in a neat little bow. All in all, that’s hardly a surprise. GeForce RTX 5080 already maxes out the streaming processors and cores on its GB203 die, leaving little wiggle room for further alterations.
The nudge will apparently increase power draw from 360W to 400W, which gives enough overhead for the bolstered bandwidth. Of course, if we’re lucky, this could also hint at frequency tweaks to give the iterative edition more appeal.
While this seems a little slimmer than some might hope, the real value will come down to timing and pricing. Some speculate that the graphics card could bookend the year, hitting the market before the end of 2025. I can’t help but feel that’s a little soon given the stock woes that have plagued Blackwell thus far, but such is life in the fast lane of a manufacturer.
There’s also no inkling on price just yet, but Nvidia has free rein considering there’s no competition in the true high-end market. It might be too much to ask for it to outright replace RTX 5080 like RTX 4070 Super did to RTX 4070 if it releases so soon after the original. I’d probably hedge my bets expecting it to fall smack bang between the graphics cards it’s sandwiched between, asking for $1,500, but I hope I’m wrong.
