Pundits speculate that Nvidia has used a “paper launch” method to keep consumers interested in its RTX 5000 series GPUs. Here is evidence that this theory is correct.
AMD published DeepSeek R1 benchmarks of its W7900 and W7800 Pro series 48GB GPUs, massively outperforming the 24GB RTX 4090.
At first glance, Nvidia's statement suggests a smoother rollout for the RTX 5000 series compared with its predecessor. But a closer look at the launch timelines reveals the comparison isn't quite ...