There’s been loads of controversy surrounding the just lately revealed Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 12GB model, and evidently the corporate has lastly caved into the proverbial strain and made an sudden resolution.

Nvidia (opens in new tab) introduced that it could be ‘unlaunching’ the 12GB RTX 4080. In keeping with the official submit, the rationale for the ‘unlaunching’ is that “the RTX 4080 12GB is a incredible graphics card, nevertheless it’s not named proper. Having two GPUs with the 4080 designation is complicated.”

The 16GB model of the graphics card continues to be gearing for a November 16th launch, nonetheless, with the announcement stating that it’s “superb and on monitor to please players all over the place.”

What occurred with the RTX 4080 12GB? 

There was a lot controversy surrounding the the 12GB RTX 4080 and its specs, particularly contemplating the hefty beginning price ticket of $899. When in comparison with the 16GB model, we even discovered that the graphics playing cards used two completely different chips: the 16GB has the AD103 GPU chip whereas the 12GB makes use of the AD104 chip.

Not solely that however the 4080 has 2,048 fewer CUDA cores, much less cache reminiscence, and a smaller bus width. Although we don’t have the cardboard to check proper now, this might most definitely end in a efficiency distinction of 20-25% between the 12GB and 16GB variations. That could be a big distinction for fashions with the identical 4080 branding. And there have been leaked benchmarks as effectively from Overclock3D which assist that proposed efficiency distinction. 

This led to many believing the 12GB 4080 to be a 4070 in disguise, with an overinflated value level. Judging from each the lackluster efficiency and the truth that Nvidia delayed its launch with a rebranding on the horizon, there may be loads of credit score to that principle. Hopefully, a mistake of this magnitude received’t be occurring once more.