NVIDIA's next-gen GB206 GPU inside of desktop GeForce RTX 5060 leaked: N22Y-ES-A1 GPU spotted

NVIDIA is reportedly set to use the higher-end GB206 die for its upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 desktop graphics card, with new leaks of the GB206 GPU smiling for the camera. Check it out:

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In a new video, leaker Moore's Law is Dead says that NVIDIA could use a higher-end GB206 GPU inside of the GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card, its mid-range Blackwell GPU, going as far as leaking a purported shot of the GB206 die that will be used on the RTX 5060.

He went onto say that the "5070 Ti has been bumped up to the GB203 die this time around -- sharing the same 16GB of GDDR7 memory as the higher-end RTX 5080 -- with MLID noting that the RTX 5070 is almost using the full die that is below the die that the RTX 5070 Ti uses (RTX 5070 Ti = GB203, while RTX 5070 = GB205) whereas before (for the RTX 4060) it was a heavily cut down die (AD104).

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Because of this, NVIDIA bumped up the specs on the RTX 5070 Ti by a little bit, and the specs of the RTX 5070 by a little bit... MLID presumes that the company is likely make the RTX 5060 Ti use the GB205 die -- except now heavily cut down -- which is the same die that the RTX 5070 uses. NVIDIA's upcoming mid-range GeForce RTX 5060 would therefore be based on a mostly enabled GB206 die.

In previous leaks, MLID's sources said: "NVIDIA reps mentioned to us (NVIDIA prrtner) that the 5060 was likely to launch 2H 2025. Tentatively, the plan is to have a 12GB model that offers performance between the 4060 Ti and 4070, and then also an 8GB model that has less CUDA cores and offers performance that is better than RTX 4060, but unlikely to be notably better than the 4060 Ti (or at all)".

GB207 would be limited to GDDR6, so MLID makes the case that with the GB206 die, the RTX 5060 can roll out with GDDR7 memory like its higher-end siblings in the RTX 5070, RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and the flagship RTX 5090.