Nvidia RTX 5000 Super series tipped for 2026 launch despite memory crunch

[midian182]

Rumor mill: Is the RTX 5000 Super series back on track? That's the claim being made by a prolific leaker, who says the upgraded cards will launch sometime this year. The lineup is also expected to include an RTX 5060 with 12GB that may launch under the RTX 5060 Super moniker.

The prediction comes from MEGAsizeGPU, who has a good track record when it comes to Nvidia rumors.

– MEGAsizeGPU (@Zed__Wang) June 5, 2026

Reports that Nvidia is preparing the RTX 5000 Super series have been around for a long time. It was believed that the cards would address one of the biggest issues with consumer Blackwell: the less-than-pleasing amounts of VRAM in the cards. One report last year said we could see a 50% increase in VRAM compared to the standard versions.

If Nvidia was going to reveal the Super series, CES would have been the place to do it, but the company confirmed before the event that no new GPUs would be announced.

With the AI-driven memory crisis continuing to push up component prices and a lack of competition in the high-end market from AMD, it was assumed that the Super series had been delayed indefinitely.

One X user questioned whether the Super GPU plans were back on due to the memory crisis being resolved. MEGAsizeGPU doesn't believe that's the case, adding that it won't be an issue for Nvidia because Team Green will provide add-in-board partners with GPU and VRAM bundles.

The leaker adds that the Super cards will have the same specs seen in previous leaks. That means an RTX 5080 Super with 24GB GDDR7 memory, 10,752 CUDA cores, and a power draw exceeding 400 watts, and am RTX 5070 Super with 18GB of VRAM, 6,400 CUDA cores, and a 275W TDP.

	RTX 5080	RTX 5080 Super	RTX 5070 Ti	RTX 5070 Ti Super	RTX 5070	RTX 5070 Super
GPU Die	GB203				GB205
CUDA Cores	10,752		8,960		6,144	6,400
Memory Capacity	16 GB	24 GB	16 GB	24 GB	12 GB	18 GB
Memory Speed	30 Gbps	32 Gbps	28 Gbps
Bus Type	256-bit				192-bit
Total Board Power	360W	400+W	300W	350W	250W	275W

A new addition to the rumored lineup is an RTX 5060 Super with 12GB. It's likely to use four 3GB GDDR7 modules, which SK Hynix confirmed last year, allowing Nvidia to retain a 128-bit memory bus.

It goes without saying that this is one of those claims that needs to be taken with a hefty dose of salt. It's hard to imagine Nvidia releasing what would mostly be expensive cards this year at a time when everything costs more than it used to. Moreover, the company has just re-released the RTX 3060 – the most popular GPU in the Steam survey – in China ahead of what will presumably be a wider launch. Bringing back the 2021 card may have become a necessity during RAMageddon.

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Nvidia RTX 5000 Super series tipped for 2026 launch despite memory crunch

 

[poshflamingos]

The moment I saw this article I thought I'd mention the need for a 5060 Super, I was pleasantly surprised that it's mentioned in the article.

Of course a 18 GB 5070 and 24 GB 5080 are welcome, but the GPU that needed it the most was by far the 5060. That's the one that is choking on its anemic 8 GB, and the one most people will buy. The GPU core in the 5060 has always been great, it was just handicapped by its VRAM. A 12 GB 5060 at the same $300 would finally mean we have a genuinely good 60-tier GPU again (last good one was the 1060, last just-okay one was the 3060). If it's $350, then not as spetacular, but still very much welcome.

And if AMD could follow up with a 12 GB, 96-bit 9060 (non-XT) at $300 or less, that would also be great. I'd much rather have that than the 8 GB 9060 XT.

 

[R00sT3R]

2028 60xx launch confirmed.

Nvidia has nothing else to offer in 2027 if as everyone expects AMD release their RDNA 5 cards in late Q2 or early Q3 next year.

Jensens ego simply will not allow AMD to have the advantage, even if it represents very little threat to their market share.

 

[gdavid65]

Well it would be indeed good news if Nvidia still is going to play in the consumer space..

Although pricing could be fearful.

As long as there is a decent bump in actual performance, other than simply adding 6-8gb of RAM. For gaming purposes, extra RAM past 16gb probably won't help much.

 

[NumberNine]

I haven't really found a reason to upgrade my GPUs in the near future.

 

[Megalomaniac]

If the 5080 has 24GB DDR5 like it should have, I doubt there'd be as much pressure to get the 5090.
Bottom line: either you get the 5090 or you won't be able to sleep at night.

 

[opckieran]

This is how nVidia resets prices. New products give them the perfect excuse to do so. New products mean new (worse) contracts for AIBs.

5060S 12GB - $349-399
5070S 18GB - $699-799
5080S 24GB - $1499-1699
5090S 48GB - $2999-3499 (probably more)

With this, there's likely no more need for Ti models which might have been cannibalizing sales of products higher in the stack too...

Now, would they set prices so high in light of the competition? Come on now, it's nVidia...

(RIP 5050S 9GB?)

 

[Theinsanegamer]

This is how nVidia resets prices. New products give them the perfect excuse to do so. New products mean new (worse) contracts for AIBs.

5060S 12GB - $349-399
5070S 18GB - $699-799
5080S 24GB - $1499-1699
5090S 48GB - $2999-3499 (probably more)

With this, there's likely no more need for Ti models which might have been cannibalizing sales of products higher in the stack too...

Now, would they set prices so high in light of the competition? Come on now, it's nVidia...

(RIP 5050S 9GB?)

Nvidia should only offer a $300 5050, so the whiny gamers can finally be poor victims they claim to be.

If the 5080 has 24GB DDR5 like it should have, I doubt there'd be as much pressure to get the 5090.
Bottom line: either you get the 5090 or you won't be able to sleep at night.

The 5080 doesn't need 24 gb. No game pushes the GPU that hard and uses that much memory.

 

[Kirby1]

For gaming, 16GBs is currently all that's needed so as a gamer at least I don't see an need for a 5080s or 5070s since those are already 16GB cards. A properly configured 12GB 5060 is the only thing that makes sense, and I'd expect it to be faster than a 16GB 5060.

If Nvidia plays these ram games with the 6000 series, F them. This trend of conveniently not offering the product that makes the most sense and then offering it as a refresh later for an inflated price has got to end. For all AMD's issues, they just give you the few cards that make the most sense from the beginning.

 

[Megalomaniac]

Nvidia should only offer a $300 5050, so the whiny gamers can finally be poor victims they claim to be.

The 5080 doesn't need 24 gb. No game pushes the GPU that hard and uses that much memory.

Well I have a 5090 as do both my cousins. We need all 32GB.

 

[OortCloud]

Well I have a 5090 as do both my cousins.

Do you? You've not mentioned that before....

 

[Megalomaniac]

Do you? You've not mentioned that before....

Oh - well now you know.

 

[Antias]

Well it would be indeed good news if Nvidia still is going to play in the consumer space..

Although pricing could be fearful.

As long as there is a decent bump in actual performance, other than simply adding 6-8gb of RAM. For gaming purposes, extra RAM past 16gb probably won't help much.

Moslty agree with you however, if the current trend of outragious prices etc continues in the enthusiast PC space, then I think those same enthusiasts will start to consider the increased potential longevity of 18 to 24GB of VRAM and the potential for increased gaming capability over a longer period of time, reducing the need for upgrading in our usual cadence of every two generations...

 

[Hecate91]

A lot of what Nvidia is doing points to them focusing away from the consumer market, and not caring enough to launch a new GPU any time soon.
I wonder where Nvidia is going to get 3gb VRAM chips, since there's a shortage on them, pricing on a Super refresh would also mean even higher prices on cards such as the 5070Ti and the 5080.

 

[Hecate91]

Nvidia should only offer a $300 5050, so the whiny gamers can finally be poor victims they claim to be.

Nvidia should drop the consumer GPU line entirely so gamers who love to shield for the jacket man have to buy Geforce now.
Then again, I'm sure gamers would happily pay for an Nvidia GPU in the cloud over owning one from AMD or Intel.

 

[poohbear]

Well I have a 5090 as do both my cousins. We need all 32GB.

This is for gaming or video editing or something else? The discussion is gaming, and in gaming there are very few games that benefit that much from more than 16gb of RAM in 2026.

 

[bloomsun]

A 5080 Super with 24 GB of VRAM would be great. My 4080 is already struggling with its 16 GB, and the 5080 having only 16 GB again was a disgrace. I assume they want gamers to have more VRAM so that DLSS 5 will run well on more GPUs. I appreciate that and can't wait for DLSS 5 either.

 

[Megalomaniac]

A 5080 Super with 24 GB of VRAM would be great. My 4080 is already struggling with its 16 GB, and the 5080 having only 16 GB again was a disgrace. I assume they want gamers to have more VRAM so that DLSS 5 will run well on more GPUs. I appreciate that and can't wait for DLSS 5 either.

The sad thing is, since the 2080Ti we've basically known that you pretty much have to aim for the top card because Ray Tracing causes huge performance losses. But we are in an industrial complex that absolutely forces us to overspend on this hardware and leaves us with psychological obsolescence if we don't - but further punishes us by not having adequate amounts of unscalpable hardware available on launch day.

The penultimate card should surpass the ultimate card of the last generation.

That is the 5080 should have been solidly superior to the 4090 and the 4080 should have been solidly superior to the 3090.

Nvidia can pretty much do whatever they want. No one wants AMD cards.

 

[PrettyKitten800]

Nvidia should only offer a $300 5050, so the whiny gamers can finally be poor victims they claim to be.

The 5080 doesn't need 24 gb. No game pushes the GPU that hard and uses that much memory.

You can *never* have enough VRAM. 16GB GPUs are fine right now because the PS5/Series X only have 16GB RAM total. The PS6 is pretty much guaranteed to have more 16GB RAM though, meaning it will have 16GB or more to allocate to the GPU. Once it and other "next-gen" systems come to market, 16GB GPUs will start to feel the capacity squeeze within a couple years and 12GB cards will almost immediately become capacity limited like 8GB GPUs when the PS5/Series X released and how currently, 12GB cards are starting to be capacity limited in mainstream games.

 

[Rapob]

2028 60xx launch confirmed.

Nvidia has nothing else to offer in 2027 if as everyone expects AMD release their RDNA 5 cards in late Q2 or early Q3 next year.

Jensens ego simply will not allow AMD to have the advantage, even if it represents very little threat to their market share.

5000 SUPER in Q1 2027 and RTX 6000 in Q1 2028

RDNA 5 launching in Q3-Q4 2027 won't get much breathing room

Hopefully RDNA 5 can beat 5000 SUPER... Nvidia saw little threat from RDNA 4 (AMD should have launched the big RDNA 4 SKU)

I hope we see a big SKU with RDNA 5. AMD needs to re-enter high-end market. AMD should be able to compete with Nvidias 80 class. They don't have to bother about 90 class.

9070 XT and 5070 Ti is fairly close but 5070 Ti is overall better in both raster, RT, path tracing and especially in features. 5080 is 12-15% faster however 5080 is the worst 80 card in decades. 4080 to 5080 was like a +10% bump.

Nvidia RTX 5000 and AMD Radeon 9000 were overall terrible generations.
5000 suffers from being made on the exact same node as 4000 series, hence no leap.
Radeon 9000 is mostly decent because of FSR 4, which finally gave good upscaling on the AMD side. Sadly it was exclusive to 9000 series (probably to sell cards).

Looking forward to see 7900 XTX 24GB vs 9070 XT 16GB in FSR 4.x "soon"