Nvidia Unveils New RTX 500 & RTX 1000 Laptop GPUs for AI Workstations
Feb. 27, 2024Manufacturers like HP, Dell, MSI, and Lenovo will be the first to release ‘mobile workstations’ aka lightweight laptops with these Nvidia GPUs later this year. These laptops will be suitable for many on-the-go users who require enough computing power to drive professional workloads.
Nvidia RTX 500 & RTX 1000 GPUs: Features & AI Performance
These laptop GPUs have various features, such as 4GB GDDR6 memory on the RTX 500 and 6GB GDDR6 on the RTX 1000. Nvidia touts these as being optimal GPUs for AI-accelerated workflows. By the way, the target market for these is different compared to GeForce GPUs, like theRTX 4060found in many mid-range gaming laptops.
The RTX 500 and RTX 1000 GPUs have3rd-generation RT Cores&4th-generation Tensor cores. The GPUs also support the latest AV1 encoder with NVENC, sporting higher efficiency when compared to the older H.264 standard. There is alsoDLSS 3support, which is the company’s AI-powered frame generation technology.
Things like video calls with AI effects enabled will also perform better with RTX 500 and RTX 1000 laptop GPUs. There is also an on-board neural processing unit (NPU) on these GPUs. According to Nvidia, this NPU will assist in handling lighter AI workloads. It will work alongside Tensor cores, which provide AI acceleration.
By the way, the company says the new RTX 500 when compared to a CPU exclusively will offer “up to 14x”better performance in generative AI such as Stable Diffusion. In 3D rendering, 10x better performance has been touted.
Below is a performance comparison of Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace architecture-based RTX professional laptop GPU lineup measured in TOPS:Image Courtesy: Nvidia
By the way, we could also see some new laptops with the new RTX 1000 GPU come out with higher graphics power limits (140W), but a design like this will probably be less portable. Thanks to the introduction of these new professional RTX laptop GPUs, there will be even more options catering to the productivity-focused audience in the market.
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