Alleged NVIDIA AD106 GeForce RTX 40 GPU Benchmarks Show RTX 3070 Ti Class Performance about

Alleged NVIDIA AD106 GeForce RTX 40 GPU Benchmarks Show RTX 3070 Ti Class Performance

This statement suggests that there is speculation about the upcoming lower-end versions of the GeForce RTX series of GPUs based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, and that some leaked information from the Chinese-language ChipHell forum may offer insight into the specifications and performance of these GPUs.

The information posted on the forum by "panzerlied" claims to compare the performance of the rumored AD106 GPU against the GA104 and TU104 GPUs, which are used in the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and GeForce RTX 2080 graphics cards, respectively. However, it should be noted that the GA104 card used in the comparison is not an official product and has been altered with 16 GB of underclocked memory, so the results may not be representative of actual performance. It is possible that this information is inaccurate and should be taken with caution until confirmed by official sources.

Assuming the benchmark results posted on the forum are accurate, they provide an idea of what to expect from the x60-class Ada Lovelace GeForce GPUs. The results suggest that the AD106 GPU has a high GPU boost clock, which provides good compute and raster performance. However, it also seems to have a significant deficit in memory bandwidth compared to older GPU models. It is important to keep in mind that these results are based on a single source and should be viewed with caution until confirmed by official sources.

The benchmark results posted on the forum suggest that the AD106 GPU performs better than the TU104 and GA104 GPUs in standard tests at 1080p and 1440p, as demonstrated in the 3DMark results. However, at 4K resolution, it appears to fall behind in tests such as Fire Strike Ultra and Time Spy Extreme. Additionally, it reportedly performs poorly in the Speed Way test that requires heavy asset streaming, which may be due to its PCIe 4.0 x8 interface. The results from the PCIe test support this theory. Again, it is important to keep in mind that these results should be viewed with caution until confirmed by official sources.

The comparison between the AD106 GPU and the previous-generation TU104 and GA104 GPUs is not entirely fair, as the latter GPUs are higher-end products. It is also possible that the AD106 GPU may be priced as high as the current street prices of the RTX 3060 Ti and RTX 3070 cards based on GA104 silicon. If high-resolution gaming such as 4K is a priority, older GPUs may be a better option. On the other hand, the AD106 GPU reportedly performs well in the DXR ray-tracing feature test and supports DLSS 3 frame generation. However, the performance of the GPU may not be final, and the market conditions may change when the card is officially released.