haxxiy on 30 July 2025
AFAIK TSMC has increased the price of the N5/N4 nodes in the past few years, they're not that much cheaper than N3 ($16,000 vs. $20,000).
So in theory a ~300 mm² die in N3 would cost about the same as a ~350 mm² N4 one ( = 9070 XT) while having 10% more transistors and 10% higher clock rates at roughly the same power envelope. That should be enough for 5080 performance.
Again... in theory.
