On January 21, a photo of an Nvidia GPU with code name GB202-200-A1 (see header image above) surfaced on the infamous Chip Hell forum. The user who posted it claims that it’s a prototype of the most powerful GPU in the upcoming RTX 50 series.

That's a fairly hefty 13% bump on the 21,760 cores of the official RTX 5090. Prior to this alleged leak, the GB202 chip at the heart of the RTX 5090 was indeed thought to rock 24,576 cores. So, it all scans.

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 is already shaping up to be a beast of a GPU, given the specs unveiled at CES 2025, but if a new report is correct, it could have been even more of a monster. A well-regarded rumor miller,