Nvidia unveils wide range of new efficient laptop GPUs, from RTX 4050 to 4090
Nvidia unveils wide range of new efficient laptop GPUs, from RTX 4050 to 4090
Enlarge / Nvidia says an unnamed RTX 4000 series GPU can run like an RTX 3070 while consuming power like an RTX 3050.
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In addition to canceling the launch of the RTX 4070 Ti desktop GPU at CES today, Nvidia announced a new line of RTX 4000 series laptop GPUs. big improvements in performance and power efficiency, especially for the lower-end GPUs that ship in the gaming laptops most people buy.
The RTX 4000 series laptop GPUs use the same Ada Lovelace architecture as the desktop components and will offer the same architectural benefits: DLSS 3 support, hardware-accelerated AV1 video encoding, and more manufacturing process efficient on which Nvidia relies to improve energy efficiency. (Nvidia didn't elaborate in their presentation, but this is likely the same custom 5nm TSMC process used for the Lovelace desktop cards.)
Limited pricing and availability data for consumer RTX 4050, 4060, and 4070 GPUs.
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The high-end 4080 and 4090 series arrive a little earlier.
RTX 4000 will also bring new power-saving features under Nvidia's "Max-Q" umbrella, although like the last generation there will be no specific "Max-Q" branded GPUs.
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We don't have hard specs for any of the GPUs, and most of Nvidia's performance comparisons were pretty abstract. We know there will be 4050, 4060, 4070, 4080, and (for the first time in laptops) 4090 class GPUs. We also assume that manufacturers can set specific power targets for each GPU, offering better performance in designs that can handle it while tweaking the power efficiency of thinner and lighter laptops. We know that each GPU will continue to use "ultra low voltage" GDDR6 memory rather than GDDR6X like the previous generation RTX 3000 series laptop GPUs.
We also know that an unnamed Lovelace GPU (presumably the 4090) can beat an unnamed Ampere GPU (presumably the RTX 3080 Ti) in all games to varying degrees. These abstract performance comparisons are made more difficult because the performance graphs provided by Nvidia normally also enable DLSS and other features, making it harder to determine how GPUs stack up against each other in games and applications that do not support these features.
Enlarge / This series of points compares an unnamed Lovelace laptop GPU to an unnamed Ampere GPU.
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Enlarge / Nvidia says an unnamed RTX 4000 series GPU can run like an RTX 3070 while consuming power like an RTX 3050.
Nvidia
In addition to canceling the launch of the RTX 4070 Ti desktop GPU at CES today, Nvidia announced a new line of RTX 4000 series laptop GPUs. big improvements in performance and power efficiency, especially for the lower-end GPUs that ship in the gaming laptops most people buy.
The RTX 4000 series laptop GPUs use the same Ada Lovelace architecture as the desktop components and will offer the same architectural benefits: DLSS 3 support, hardware-accelerated AV1 video encoding, and more manufacturing process efficient on which Nvidia relies to improve energy efficiency. (Nvidia didn't elaborate in their presentation, but this is likely the same custom 5nm TSMC process used for the Lovelace desktop cards.)
Limited pricing and availability data for consumer RTX 4050, 4060, and 4070 GPUs.
Nvidia
The high-end 4080 and 4090 series arrive a little earlier.
RTX 4000 will also bring new power-saving features under Nvidia's "Max-Q" umbrella, although like the last generation there will be no specific "Max-Q" branded GPUs.
Nvidia
We don't have hard specs for any of the GPUs, and most of Nvidia's performance comparisons were pretty abstract. We know there will be 4050, 4060, 4070, 4080, and (for the first time in laptops) 4090 class GPUs. We also assume that manufacturers can set specific power targets for each GPU, offering better performance in designs that can handle it while tweaking the power efficiency of thinner and lighter laptops. We know that each GPU will continue to use "ultra low voltage" GDDR6 memory rather than GDDR6X like the previous generation RTX 3000 series laptop GPUs.
We also know that an unnamed Lovelace GPU (presumably the 4090) can beat an unnamed Ampere GPU (presumably the RTX 3080 Ti) in all games to varying degrees. These abstract performance comparisons are made more difficult because the performance graphs provided by Nvidia normally also enable DLSS and other features, making it harder to determine how GPUs stack up against each other in games and applications that do not support these features.
Enlarge / This series of points compares an unnamed Lovelace laptop GPU to an unnamed Ampere GPU.
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Enlarge / Nvidia says an unnamed RTX 4000 series GPU can run like an RTX 3070 while consuming power like an RTX 3050.
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Enlarge / This series of points compares an unnamed Lovelace laptop GPU to an unnamed Ampere GPU.
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