- Nvidia’s RTX 5000 laptop GPUs have been spotted in the PCI ID repository, hinting they are imminent
- RTX 5050 to 5090 Max-Q models listed, but there is some confusion regarding the chips used
- AD108M is present on graphics cards lower than RTX 5080, which must surely be a bug
Nvidia’s next-generation laptop GPUs have been spotted again, although this mention of Blackwell mobile graphics cards is truly a rarity.
Wccftech reports that a bunch of Max-Q designs (more energy-efficient GPUs for thinner laptops, rather than full flavors in beefy gaming laptops) have been seen for the RTX 5000 series (by HXL in X) in the PCI ID. repository
RTX 50 GB206M/AD108M laptop?🤨 pic.twitter.com/0o5PNnxEtYJanuary 2, 2025
This is the official public list of identification numbers used with PCI devices, and products may appear here before they are released. In fact, that’s exactly what happened with several RTX 5000 models, from the RTX 5050 Max-Q to the flagship RTX 5090 Max-Q (some next-gen Blackwell models have also been noted before).
This is the complete list of Blackwell mobile GPUs with the chips used in these graphics cards found in parentheses at the end:
- GeForce RTX 5090 Max-Q (GB203M)
- GeForce RTX 5080 Max-Q (GB203M)
- GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Max-Q (AD108M)
- GeForce RTX 5070 Max-Q (AD108M)
- GeForce RTX 5060 Max-Q (AD108M)
- GeForce RTX 5050 Max-Q (AD108M)
Attentive readers will notice the strange element here, which is the mention of ‘AD108M’ as the chip in next-generation laptop graphics cards below the RTX 5080 level.
AD is the Lovelace range, although AD108M is a hitherto unknown moving part, so the suggestion here is that Nvidia will somehow use an old chip (once Blackwell is launched) for the RTX 5050 to 5070 Ti Max GPUs. Q.
Analysis: Mistakes were (surely) made
What exactly to do with this? I’m inclined to think this must simply be a bug. While it’s theoretically conceivable that Nvidia will incorporate what will be next-generation chips when Blackwell laptop GPUs are released, the aforementioned model, AD108M (M stands for Mobile, in case you didn’t know), would be on the bottom of the stack, below AD107M, which is currently the lowest level.
So if this is accurate, it would mean that the RTX 5070 Ti is configured to use a chip that is lower in the Lovelace pecking order than the AD107M found in the RTX 4050 mobile GPU. And that doesn’t make any sense.
In all likelihood, this has to be some kind of error. Wccftech notes that Tech Powerup also includes AD108M in its database, under Nvidia’s next-gen GPUs, but those entries have now been removed, so again, this seems to support the theory that it’s simply a bug that has been infiltrated somehow.
Tech Powerup actually included AD108M and GB206M (GB is the Blackwell chip) as two GPU options, but now only GB206M remains. This should be the chip that serves as the engine for the lower-tier Blackwell GPUs, and perhaps the GB205M as well, although that, notably, is not mentioned in these PCI IDs.
All in all, we’d treat this with a lot of skepticism, and the main point here is that it’s another spill indicating that we’re likely to get next-gen laptop GPUs very soon from Nvidia, and that past rumors of a CES 2025 launch They are correct. Time will tell, and we don’t have much time to wait now, as Nvidia’s big reveal is on January 6, where Blackwell desktop GPUs are certainly expected (and could potentially be power-hungry).
