Nvidia tease RTX TITAN Blackwell? Is a bigger GPU coming?
Are Nvidia teasing something bigger than their RTX 5090?
At CES 2025, Nvidia officially revealed their RTX 50 series of graphics cards. During their keynote, Nvidia discussed RTX Blackwell, unveiling the full capabilities of their latest GeForce silicon. When comparing these specifications to Nvidia’s RTX 5090, it was clear that these specs didn’t match. Nvidia can create a higher-end RTX Blackwell GPU. This begs the question, is an RTX TITAN Blackwell on the horizon?
When compared to their RTX 5090, Nvidia’s “RTX Blackwell” specifications make it clear that Nvidia could create a graphics card that is almost 20% more powerful than its GeForce RTX 5090.
Below, we can see that Nvidia’s “RTX Blackwell” silicon could deliver 19.3/19.4% more AI TOPS, RT TFLOPS, and Shader TFLOPS than what consumers are getting with Nvidia’s RTX 5090.
| AI TOPS | AI TOPS VS RTX 5090 |
RT TFLOPS | RT TFLOPS VS RTX 5090 |
Shader TFLOPS | Shader TFLOPS VS RTX 5090 | |
| RTX Blackwell Silicon | 4,000 | 119.3% | 380 | 119.4% | 125 | 119.3 |
| GeForce RTX 5090 | 3,352 | 100% | 318 | 100% | 104.8 | 100% |
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 Founders Edition is a small GPU – an RTX TITAN Blackwell would be bigger
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 Founders Edition is a marvel of engineering. Somehow, Nvidia has made a dual-slot GPU that can dissipate 575 watts of heat. Nvidia’s RTX 5090 Founders Edition is a shockingly small graphics card, but what if Nvidia made something bigger?
If Nvidia built an RTX Blackwell GPU using the full potential of their Blackwell silicon, they would likely need to use a larger cooling solution. If Nvidia activates more shaders and other dormant silicon on Blackwell, it will need more power to fuel them. With this in mind, any hypothetical “RTX TITAN Blackwell” would likely require a larger cooling solution.
What would an RTX TITAN BLACKWELL look like?
If Nvidia builds an RTX TITAN Blackwell, it would likely feature a much higher MSRP and feature more (maybe faster?) GDDR7 memory. Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 uses sixteen 2GB GDDR7 memory modules across a 512-bit memory bus. We already know that 3GB GDDR7 modules are available. This would allow Nvidia to build a 48GB RTX Blackwell graphics card.
Alternatively, Nvidia could mount GDDR7 modules on both sides of their RTX Blackwell TITAN’s PCB, enabling the creation of a 64GB GPU using 2GB GDDR7 modules or a 96GB GPU using 3GB modules. All prior RTX TITAN series GPUs have featured more memory than their standard GeForce counterparts. As such, we would expect a TITAN Blackwell GPU to also feature more memory.
The big thing exists.
— kopite7kimi (@kopite7kimi) July 23, 2024
This leaker confirmed Nvidia’s dual-slot RTX 5090 – They also said, “The big thing exists”
When considering the idea of an RTX TITAN Blackwell, I am reminded of the above Tweet from @kopite7kimi. “The big thing exists.”
Back in May 2024, this same leaker stated that Nvidia’s RTX 5090 would be a 2-slot GPU. This leak proved to be true when Nvidia revealed its RTX 5090. Now we must wonder, does “the big thing exist?”
It is clear today that Nvidia can build an RTX TITAN Blackwell GPU. The question now is, will they? If they do, we can expect this new GPU to cost a fortune. After all, the RTX 5090 already costs $1999. With this in mind, I’d expect an RTX TITAN Blackwell to cost at least $3499.
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