This one’s from Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID), a regular leaker on YouTube (and one of the more reliable sources for GPU and CPU leaks in our experience).

MLID has the purported full details of the VRAM, and they run as follows. The flagship RTX 5090 will supposedly be keeping exactly the same configuration as the RTX 4090, which some folks will doubtless find disappointing. Meaning it’ll run with 16GB of VRAM and a 256-bit memory bus.

Where the better news theoretically comes in is with the next model down, presumably the RTX 5080 – or maybe we’ll call it the second tier Blackwell GPU (you’ll see why in a moment) – weighing in with the same loadout of 16GB of VRAM (and 256-bit bus). That’s a solid increase from the current RTX 4080 laptop GPU which has 12GB.

There’s a slight catch of sorts here, though. If you recall, the RTX 4080 mobile GPU used a lesser chip than the flagship – the AD104 chip, rather than AD103 in the RTX 4090. But with the RTX 5080, a recent rumor (again from MLID) contends that it’ll use GB203, just the same as the flagship 5090, meaning it’s potentially going to be a fair bit peppier (with that VRAM upgrade on top, too).

What this also means is that Nvidia might want to reflect that and call it the RTX 5080 Ti, rather than just the plain 5080.

And that could have knock-on effects with the rest of the range, as if that’s the plan, then the third tier GPU (RTX 4070 equivalent) might be the RTX 5080. But if the second tier Blackwell GPU is the RTX 5080, then the third tier will obviously be the RTX 5070.

You get the idea anyway, but whatever it’s named, this third tier GPU will supposedly have 12GB of VRAM, an increase on the 8GB seen on the RTX 4070.

Finally, with the fourth tier GPU – the RTX 5060 most likely, or perhaps RTX 5070 if Nvidia goes with the 5090 / 5080 Ti / 5080 naming scheme – will be left with 8GB of VRAM. (Cue a chorus of boos and hisses).

Analysis: Good, bad, and 8GB ugly

So, there’s some good and bad news here – though add seasoning, and plenty of it, remembering this is just talk from the grapevine.

On the more positive front, we could get a powerful RTX 5080 relative to the RTX 4080 – so much so that Nvidia might brand it an RTX 5080 Ti. Either way, top-end options could be bolstered, and it’s good to see whatever the third tier GPU ends up being having an increase of 4GB of video RAM (being upped from 8GB to 12GB).

The not-so-great chatter here is, of course, not increasing the VRAM of the flagship mobile GPU for Blackwell, and worse still, maintaining a configuration of 8GB with that fourth tier GPU (RTX 5060 most likely – or as mentioned this could even be the RTX 5070, perhaps).

For gaming moving forward – remember, these are next-gen GPUs that’ll be reigning for a couple of years, through until 2027 (at least) – those two VRAM loadouts are far from great, and the choice of 8GB lower down seems particularly shaky.

Assuming Nvidia does go this route, of course, and we should underline it may not happen at all – so it’s too early to start worrying overly about these prospects.

However, regarding the possible level of accuracy here, MLID says this info comes from some of his best sources. We’re talking folks who have come up with the goods with early pics of GPUs before now – properly connected Nvidia leakers, in short. Given that, MLID is putting a good deal of weight behind these forecasts.

As ever, let’s see if other leaks fall in line with MLID’s predictions. But if this is true, the very top and bottom of the Blackwell spectrum of GPUs for gaming laptops is in danger of disappointing. In theory, these mobile graphics cards should be pitching up fairly early in 2025, most likely with a March release, as per previous spillage.

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The Apple M4 chip is built on a 'second-generation' 3-nanometer process, which the company says provides the same performance as the Apple M3 with greatly improved efficiency, offering the iPad Pro desktop-like performance in a tablet without tanking its battery life.

On the spec side, the M4 chip brings to the iPad Pro the same kind of advances that the Apple M3 brought to MacBooks and the iMac last year, including mesh shading, hardware ray tracing, and dynamic caching. It includes a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, and Apple says the CPU is 50% faster than the M2's, and the GPU is 400% faster than that of the M2.

Of course, given the huge push on AI, Apple is touting the neural engine inside its M-series silicon, which is Apple's name for its SoC's NPU. With 38 trillion operations a second, this is one of the fastest NPUs on the market, something that will especially help creators who are working with generative AI or AI-enhanced tools in apps like Adobe Photoshop and more.

New Apple M4 comes at a bad time for Microsoft and Intel

With the announcement of the new M4 chip, Apple continues to pull away from Microsoft and Intel in terms of performance. It's especially notable that Microsoft Build, the tech giant's yearly conference, is less than two weeks away. While it's primarily a developer conference, there's even more pressure on Microsoft to offer something that can compete with Apple, namely Windows on Arm. 

With Qualcomm's new Snapdragon X Elite chips that promise Apple M3-levels of performance, it might be Microsoft's best chance to keep up with Apple, even though it is now behind yet again.

And then you have Intel. Intel's latest processor, the Intel Core and Intel Core Ultra series, aren't exactly blowing away performance records, and they still lag behind Apple's M-series chips considerably when it comes to efficiency and battery life. How Intel plans to rectify that isn't clear, but they absolutely must come up with some answer to the Apple M-series silicon, and the latest Intel Core Ultra chips aren't it.

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As you’re doubtless aware, normally Nvidia’s flagship model is the first to be released, such as the RTX 4090, or RTX 2080 (and 2080 Ti).

So far, all rumors have pointed to the RTX 5090 coming out first with Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs. And indeed there’s been a lot of talk that the RTX 5090 might be the only Blackwell GPU to be released in 2024 that’s vying to get into our roundup of the best graphics cards.

Not according to well-known leaker on X (formerly Twitter) Kopite7kimi, though (as VideoCardz noticed).

The leaker believes that the RTX 5080 will debut first, but as you can see in the post, Kopite7kimi refuses to be drawn to comment any further – and as ever with chatter from the rumor mill, add plenty of seasoning.

Analysis: Paper launch?

Okay, you may have noticed that we missed out the RTX 3000 launch when talking about Nvidia’s past generations above. This is because that’s the slight exception in recent times, with the RTX 3080 coming out just ahead of the RTX 3090.

However, the difference in the case of those latter two Ampere GPUs was only a week, so they effectively launched at the same time (and the deployment and shipping of those graphics cards was all a bit weird due to the pandemic at the time).

We guess it’s possible that Kopite7kimi’s suggestion here is that the RTX 5080 could sneak out a little bit ahead of the RTX 5090 in a similar vein, but as the leaker doesn’t qualify the statement as such, it seems to be a broader assertion of the 5080 emerging some time ahead of the Blackwell flagship.

We do need to layer on the skepticism thickly here, though. For starters, we should note that language that the leaker uses, that they believe it should be the case, is telling – and the truth is that Nvidia almost certainly hasn’t got launch plans in a concrete form itself yet. (Not unless the first Blackwell graphics card is considerably nearer than we expect).

If the RTX 5080 comes out early enough, though – say, in October, to guess a date – that could still leave room for the RTX 5090 in 2024, right? After all, there have been some persistent whispers insisting that both these graphics cards could launch later this year.

Well, what seems to be the hint here is that the RTX 5080 would likely be the only release for 2024 if this is the case. Why? Because you have to apply exactly that question – why? – to the reason Nvidia might adopt this strategy. And the obvious answer seems to be that the RTX 5080 will use a lesser chip – the GB203 GPU – whereas the flagship will run with GB202, with a possible conflict in securing enough of that silicon away from the production runs of AI GPUs made with Blackwell.

Really, this is the specter looming large over the whole Blackwell consumer GeForce launch – that the Blackwell AI GPUs are going to be way more profitable, so it could be difficult for Nvidia to allocate production resources to the former rather than the latter. That’s exactly why some of the talk about both the RTX 5090 and 5080 perhaps coming later on in 2024 has been caveated with the possibility that this could be more of a ‘paper’ launch (very low volume that’ll sell out quickly).

But then, a paper launch of the RTX 5090 – with no real availability – seems more likely to happen than simply postponing the launch of that GPU, and coming out with the RTX 5080 instead. Surely? Still, you never know – Team Green has made some strange moves in the past, just look at the Lovelace launch and that canceled RTX 4080 12GB model for starters.

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We've got a good bit of detail on the Apple M4 thanks to the announcement as well as what to expect from the new chip and when we can expect it to make its way to the rest of the Apple ecosystem.

So, lets dig into this exciting piece of hardware and talk about everything that Apple has revealed so far.

Apple M4: Cut to the chase

• What is it? Apple's next generation of in-house silicon
• How much does it cost? It won't sell on its own, but will instead be installed in various Apple devices
• When can I get it? Announced on May 7, 2024

Apple M4: Latest news

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Apple M4: Release date

The Apple M4 chip was announced at the May 7, 2024, 'Let Loose' iPad event, and it will be available starting the week of May 13, 2024.

Apple M4: Specs & performance

The Apple M4 is built on TSMC's 3nm process node, the same as the Apple M3, though Apple does refer to it as 'second-generation'. It features a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, up from the 8-core CPU and 8-core GPU of the base M3 chip, and supports up to 38 trillion operations per second in its neural engine (Apple's version of an NPU). It contains 28 billion transistors, up from 25 billion in the M3, and can support up to 128GB of unified memory.

Like the M3, the Apple M4 also has support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing, dynamic caching, and mesh shading.

In terms of performance, we won't know for sure until we test it ourselves, but Apple says that the CPU performance is a 50% increase over the Apple M2 and its GPU performance is up to 400% faster than the M2's GPU. Apple has also claimed that, at least in the iPad Pro, you'll be able to get M3-levels of performance for far less power draw.

As spotted by Wccftech, Intel Arrow Lake-S Core Ultra-200 processors are rumored to be announced at Computex next month with a full suite of processors headed for store shelves this year. According to Benchlife, this is set to include the Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, and the Core Ultra 5 245K. 

Interestingly, it's believed that there will be no Core Ultra 3 or Core i3 equivalent included in the slew of Ultra 200 processors so the mainstream lineups are now considered to be Ultra 5 models. That's not entirely a surprise given that even the best processors for gamers on a budget omit the underpowered i3. 

It is believed that as well as the three aforementioned K models at 12W5, there will be a total of five non-K SKUs at 65W and a total of 13 processors set to release later which will run at just 35W. That's a wide net and should give options to the vast majority of users; while gamers will want a K model, budget builds could benefit from a lower power, and cheaper chip. 

Hyperthreading appears to be a thing of the past with the leading Intel Arrow Lake-S models. That's because the Core Ultra 9 is speculated to run 24 cores and 24 threads with the Core Ultra 7 to feature 20 cores and 20 threads, and the Core Ultra 5 at 10 cores and 10 threads; all of which utilize a mixture of E-cores and P-cores. 

All chipsets will run on the LGA 1851 socket with its longevity planned until 2026 which, much like AMD's AM5 socket, will just be using DDR5. That means it could be time to upgrade to some of the best RAM alongside a new motherboard so that you aren't left behind. 

It's still a little confusing

We've previously reported on the Intel Arrow Lake-S naming conventions being confusing and the advent of so many Ultra 9, Ultra 7, and Ultra 5 models isn't helping matters. While enthusiasts are going to want to stick to the 285K, 265K, and 245K, there are a lot of things to unlearn after nearly 16 years of being used to Intel Core branding. 

It remains to be seen exactly how disaggregated architecture will work when on desktops, especially with the transition over to AI computing and what that will mean for gamers. We're hoping that Computex will clear things up with an official announcement going over the full flagship models and the other 65W variants. 

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As reported by KitGuru, an MSI overclocker named Toppc has dropped hints about the MSI Dragon Event in Wuhan, China which is rumored to feature information on the "next" platform which is heavily speculated to be the socket LGA 1851 desktop processors - Arrow Lake-S (via Chiphell).

Previously, it's been rumored that we would not see Intel Arrow Lake until 2025 so the news that the chipset generation could be coming in just a few months is certainly welcome news. This source also corroborates that the Core Ultra 9, Core Ultra 7, and Core Ultra 5 models will be exclusive to DDR5 RAM, as with AMD's AM5 socket. 

In terms of what we can expect from the Intel Core Ultra 200 lineup, the flagship of the next-gen CPU generation is believed to be the Ultra 9 285K. According to Wccftech, it's alleged that this top-end chipset will top out at 5.5 GHz which is down significantly from the 6 GHz of the Intel Core i9-14900K and the 6.2 GHz of the 14900KS. 

For reference, that's the same out-of-the-box speed as the Alder Lake flagship model, the 12900KS, which debuted over three years ago. With changes in architecture, going from socket 1700 (Hybrid) over to socket 1851 (Disaggregated), it seems as though Intel is prioritizing efficiency over raw power with its upcoming CPU generation. 

A Q3 release date is possible, but unlikely

Q3 2024 is between July and September which means Intel Arrow Lake could debut anywhere from two to three months from now. Considering the rumors circulating pointing at an end-of-year or early 2025 release date, we're leaning more towards a later rather than sooner release date, but the K variants could come first. 

Toppc has been on the money with leaks and rumors in the past, most notably with the pre-release information surrounding socket AM5 AMD CPUs in 2022 (via Chiphell). That lends credence to the fact we may not be waiting as long, as MSI's internal events could suggest an earlier release, but we aren't convinced of a summer release date at this time. 

It's fair to say that things have been turbulent for Arrow Lake. Recently, the pre-release silicon has been available for sale illegally in China. Engineering samples are being sold for as little as $14, however, even if the hardware is in the fabrication process that doesn't necessarily mean it will be ready for prime time within the next three months. We'll be keeping you updated on all things Arrow Lake as they happen.

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As spotted by Videocardz, hardware leaker Golden Pig Upgrade has claimed that Intel Arrow Lake will miss out on Thunderbolt 5 support for Z890 motherboards after all, despite its unveiling last year. If true, it's disappointing news considering that Intel 14th Gen missed out on Thunderbolt 5 at release, too. 

As a frame of reference, both Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 are capped at 40 Gbps which means there's no great increase in the two technologies despite their seven-year age gap. In contrast, Thunderbolt 5 can achieve double this at 80 Gbps which can be increased to 120 Gbps through Bandwidth Boost. 

Also alleged by Golden Pig Upgrade is that Ultra Core 200 CPUs will feature just four Xe cores baked onto the chip which is half of what's currently available through Meteor Lake for laptops. This is unlikely to be too big a deal considering most (if not all) users will pair the processor with one of the best graphics cards, but it's worth noting. 

We can take the alleged specs for the Arrow Lake flagship as a point of comparison. It's believed that the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K will feature 24 cores and 24 threads with a maximum boost clock of up to 5.5 GHz and a 125W TDP. In contrast, the current-generation Intel Core i9-14900K features 24 cores and 32 threads up to 6 GHz. It's certainly a different approach moving to Disaggregated architecture from Hybrid.

Not the best impression for Arrow Lake 

Should Intel Arrow Lake miss out on Thunderbolt 5, that would mean that we would likely have to wait until Lunar Lake in laptops and Panther Lake in desktops to get ahead. 

The new connectivity standard would mean not only increased bandwidth for external GPUs and SSDs but also boosting higher resolutions and framerates of up to 540Hz and enhanced multi-monitor in 4K and 8K (via Intel). 

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This is a BIOS update which comes with AMD’s AM4 AGESA 1.2.0.Ca that packs mitigations against Zenbleed. The CPUs in question are actually technically Zen 2 APUs – all-in-one chips with integrated graphics – from the Ryzen 4000 family (codenamed Renoir).

So, if you’re running one of those Ryzen 4000 processors in an MSI motherboard with the AM4 (last-gen) chipset, you’ll want to pick up this firmware update.

It’s rolling out as we type, and Tom’s Hardware, which spotted this, observes it’s available for almost every MSI X570 motherboard at this point, and it’s being delivered to B550 along with other 500 and 400 series boards too – but it may take longer to reach those.

The vulnerability patched is CVE-2023-20593 which is rated with a “medium” level of severity, but it can be leveraged to “potentially access sensitive information” on your PC, which wouldn’t be good if it happened, doubtless.

Analysis: A long haul for patching – and it’s still not quite over

The weird thing about this is how long it has taken for certain Zen 2 CPUs to get the necessary protection from this potential exploit. Defenses were implemented in previous AGESA updates from AMD for Ryzen 3000 CPUs, and other Zen 2 chips besides, quite some time ago.

With Ryzen 4000 variants of Zen 2 now being addressed, that covers all bases (except for certain Ryzen embedded chips, which are quite a different kettle of silicon – and even then, the fix for those is supposedly due imminently).

Mind you, even with the new AGESA 1.2.0.Ca released for systems with Ryzen 4000 APUs, not every motherboard vendor has pushed this out in a firmware update yet. Notably Gigabyte is still yet to move on this front, at least going by feedback on Reddit, but the firm should do soon enough, you’d imagine. There’s certainly no reason to delay any further.

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This comes from one of the more regular leakers on X (formerly Twitter), and as ever, sprinkle a whole lot of seasoning on the claims.

The theory from leaker Raichu (via VideoCardz) is that the first launches for Arrow Lake will be the 285K, 265K, and 245K – which should be the equivalent of the Core i9, Core i7 and Core i5 CPUs from the current-gen range (Raptor Lake Refresh).

So, the initial Arrow Lake CPU names could run as follows:

• Core Ultra 9 285K
• Core Ultra 7 265K
• Core Ultra 5 245K

After that, the non-K releases (meaning locked processors, ones that can’t be overclocked, unlike K chips) won’t use the same number – as has previously been the case, where the ‘K’ is simply dropped (14900K, 14900). These will be named entirely differently as the Core Ultra 275, 255, and 240 (VideoCardz theorizes those would be Core Ultra 7 and Core Ultra 5 models).

There’s a further suggestion that we could get a Core Ultra 9 290K later on, which would be the equivalent of the ‘KS’ limited edition chips (14900KS).

The battle of the next-gen CPUs begins to take shape

If this is what happens, are these new names confusing? Well, they’re bound to sow some bewilderment among buyers initially, no doubt. For desktop CPUs, this represents a big change from the typical 14900K, 14700K and so on that we’ve been used to for a long time now.

However, these names do make sense based on the naming scheme for Meteor Lake (laptop) CPUs, and it’s fully expected that Intel will shift over to its Core Ultra branding across all chips, not just those for laptops.

At any rate, while the names may change, and confusion may be rife for some, the underlying core specs shouldn’t. With next-gen Arrow Lake desktop processors, the top die should still run with 8 performance cores and 16 efficiency cores, as is the case with Raptor Lake Refresh (and all recent generations).

As per another recent rumor, the other main die Intel will base Arrow Lake CPUs on has six performance cores plus eight efficiency cores – there’ll be a bunch of variants on both of these dies, as ever.

Arrow Lake seems to be in a bit of a strange place at the moment. Earlier leaks certainly suggested that these next-gen CPUs are going to be a massive performance leap for Intel – although that hype has died down somewhat (although it’s still far from extinguished).

What has surfaced more recently is doubts that Intel will get Arrow Lake out in a timely manner this year, with the prospect raised that these desktop CPUs may not hit the shelves until the very end of 2024.

The problem for Intel in that eventuality is that AMD’s Zen 5 processors could be out in Q3, if other rumors pan out, and that might mean these next-gen Ryzen CPUs – which are also expected to be a healthy step forward, performance-wise – are going to be given the space to really dominate for some time.

Especially if Arrow Lake volume is wonky to begin with, as other speculation has indicated, and Zen 5 (Ryzen 9000) is more affordable. With all that considered, AMD could be in a prime position to threaten Intel’s places in our ranking of the best CPUs. Add your own skepticism here, naturally, but that’s the way things look to be shaping up now.

The glimmer of positivity here is that with the naming scheme being spilled, perhaps this is an indication that Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs aren’t as far off as some leakers seem to believe. Be even more cautious around that prospect, but still – we need all the good vibes around Arrow Lake that we can get, frankly. The keener the competition between these next-gen desktop processor ranges, the better things should be for the consumer, ultimately.

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Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID) just posted a new video on YouTube discussing Blackwell (among other topics), and cites a source at Nvidia as going back on the previous rumor that both the RTX 5090 and 5080 might arrive later in 2024.

Well, sort of – they haven’t completely written off the possibility of an RTX 5080 launch this year. The source says they are “getting the impression” that only the RTX 5090 is going to be released this year, but they aren’t 100% sure. So, in theory, two Blackwell (RTX 5000) desktop graphics cards could still pitch up this year.

So, what about that better news? Firstly, we can expect Blackwell to be revealed soon enough, likely at Computex (next month). And on top of that, if there is only an RTX 5090 coming, the odds are it won’t debut right at the end of 2024. It should hopefully arrive early in Q4, so the next-gen flagship GPU could be on shelves in October.

A second source MLID spoke to echoes the possibility of an earlier launch – mentioning Q3 as a chance, or Q4 – and that at least one Blackwell graphics card will be coming (meaning there’s still a chance of two turning up). This source also backs up the Computex announcement theory, so it’s seeming quite likely.

Finally, a third source chimes in on RTX 5000 laptop GPUs, and in this regard Blackwell is very much along similar lines as Lovelace (RTX 4000) was at this stage of its development in 2022 – albeit perhaps a month or two behind.

So, in short, we should expect a similar launch timeframe there, meaning early 2025. RTX 4000 mobile GPUs arrived from February 2023 onwards, so we could be looking at March 2025 for RTX 5000 in laptops.

The final piece of positive news here is that we can expect the top-end mobile GPUs for Blackwell to have more oomph, with the suggestion – and it is just that, mind – that the RTX 5080 mobile chip will be the GB203. Remember, with Lovelace, the RTX 4080 mobile was dropped back to use the AD104 chip, so Blackwell would be moving up a tier effectively.

That source also says Nvidia is definitely using GDDR7 for the video memory of the laptop GPUs, as well as desktop offerings.

Analysis: Launch spacing

More powerful laptop GPUs would certainly be welcome to supercharge the best gaming laptops out there, but let’s not get carried away with that notion yet. The word from that last source is vaguer and acknowledges that they just have a suggestion of a peppier RTX 5080 mobile (based on purported heat resistance values). Still, it’s an exciting hint of things to come.

Granted, it’s more disappointing to have some cold – or at least cool – water poured on the RTX 5080 desktop graphics card arriving in 2024 theory. But as noted, this isn’t a launch that’s completely ruled out yet.

Still, we’d typically expect the RTX 5080 to arrive in (early) 2025, just because Nvidia tends to space out the launch of the flagship and this next-tier-down model. However, if the RTX 5090 does turn up early in Q4, meaning October, that does provide enough room to leave a gap before the RTX 5080 could be deployed in late November.

However, what perhaps also plays against the idea of an RTX 5080 in 2024 is that we can guess Nvidia’s priorities are with AI – where the real money and big profits are to be made, not with GeForce gaming graphics cards. The other danger is that even if RTX 5000 GPUs do arrive in 2024 – a pair of them, even – they might be very thin on the ground, with production levels pretty low to begin with for the same reason. Pumping out AI chips is always going to be the priority in the current climate, and we can’t see that changing in the foreseeable.

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