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Kopite7kimi: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti rumored to feature 10496 CUDA cores and 20GB GDDR6X memory
https://videocardz.com/newz/kopite7kimi-nvidia-geforce-rtx-3080-ti-rumored-to-feature-10496-cuda-cores-and-20gb-gddr6x-memory
Just last a week ago, Kopite reported on the plans to revive the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti SKU. This was quite surprising, even to us, as the SKU has been canceled for at least two months on all the roadmaps that we have seen. Plus, with the arrival of RTX 3090, there was very little reason to launch such an SKU.

However, the situation has changed and the competitor has showcased its Radeon RX 6000 series. AMD even started using NVIDIA high-end GPUs in its comparisons charts. That certainly did not go unnoticed by NVIDIA, who is now expected to release a new SKU – GeForce RTX 3080 Ti  – to counter the AMD Big Navi series.

Before we go into detail, we must say that it was not possible for us to confirm the previous specs that Kopite had reported. Either his information is very fresh or NVIDIA is just fabricating the specs in order to find the source of their leaks. Due to the high credibility of the Kopite’s leaks in the past, we believe that they are worth sharing regardless of us being able to confirm them on time.

According to a new tweet from Kopite, the RTX 3080 Ti would feature the same CUDA core count as RTX 3090, which is 10496 cores. This is quite a surprising move from NVIDIA, which confirms that the Ti model will certainly not be cheap. Another interesting change to the specs that we saw last week is a new memory configuration. The revival of 20GB GDDR6X SKU appears to be on a table, as the RTX 3080 Ti is now rumored to have such memory configuration.

Kopite provides very detailed specs, including board and SKU numbers (PG133 SKU 15) with the GPU codename of GA102-250. This is something that we might later be able to track and it adds more credibility to this leak. Yet, it is worth noting that the previous rumors from Kopite, also included this time of data and suddenly they have become ‘canceled’. Sadly, this has allegedly already happened to the RTX 3070 Ti, as Kopite himself reported a few days ago.

RTX 3080 Ti FE:
PG133-SKU15,
GA102-250-KD-A1,
20GB GD6X,
the same FP32 count as 3090, 10496FP32,
the same MEM speed and TGP as 3080,
no NVLINK.

— kopite7kimi4virgil (@kopite7kimi) November 4, 2020

We know that the 3090, with the same core count, is only 10-15% faster than a 3080. Would that be enough to compete with the 6900XT? Will they make it using TSMC's 7nm to get a more efficient card with clocks that can be pushed further to increase its performance? Why did we get an article about the rumored 3070Ti but not another one with its cancellation? Will our Hero be able to arrive in time to save the... sorry, I got carried away.

At this point I no longer know if it's as the article says and Nvidia is playing with us, trying to find the source of the leakers, or if they are really in complete panic mode and don't know what to do.