Forward-looking: Nvidia is lining up a full arsenal of laptop GPUs for its next-gen RTX 50 series, with more options than ever for laptop gamers and creators. A fresh leak has revealed all the "Blackwell" GPUs the company has lined up for 2025, while also detailing which older GPUs are being carried forward to next year. The most interesting takeaway is that even the lowest-end model in the RTX 50 lineup will pack 8GB of VRAM – a step up from the 6GB baseline on the current RTX 40 series for laptops.
The leak has seemingly come out of a ransomware attack on Taiwanese laptop OEM Clevo, as shared by @AlvieriD on X/Twitter. Nvidia has codenamed the upcoming laptop GPU lineup "GN22" and it encompasses six different variants. That's one extra over 2022's five laptop variants.
At the top of the stack is the X11 which will presumably be the RTX 5090 or whatever they end up calling the flagship. Then there's the X9 variant which could translate to the RTX 5080. However, the 12GB X7 chip muddies the waters – it may also end up being branded as a lower-end 5080. The X6 and X4 meanwhile seem destined for the RTX 5070 and 5060 roles, while the base 8GB X2 model will likely become the RTX 5050.
Interestingly, Clevo's roadmap shows two separate boards being designed, with three variants on each. One board will house the higher-end X11, X9, and X7 GPUs, while the other rocks the X6, X4, and X2.
Nvidia is pushing laptop VRAM configs into a more modern era. The current plan is to offer three models with 8GB, two with a beefy 16GB, and one with 12GB. All of these will leverage faster GDDR7 memory as well.
Conspicuously absent is any mention of 6GB models, which have been the staple baseline VRAM capacity on the previous variants. If this holds true, the only sub-8GB option may be the existing RTX 4050 carrying over into 2025, making it the most affordable path to solid 1080p performance.
Nvidia also plans to keep churning out some older options like the RTX 4050 and RTX 3050 (4GB and 6GB). 2021's RTX 2050 may finally be put out to pasture and be replaced by the 4GB variant of the 3050.
The leaked roadmap says that these GPUs will come out in 2025, although no specific timeline was provided. There are conflicting rumors, but there's a chance of a CES 2025 unveil.