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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · Photo source

NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 5090

Released January 2025

NVIDIA's flagship Blackwell graphics card, with 32 GB of GDDR7, for 4K and 8K gaming, 3D rendering and running large AI models locally.

Model history · 2 models, 2022–2025
  1. 2022GeForce RTX 4090Compare
  2. 2025GeForce RTX 5090
Memory
32 GB
Shaders
21,760
Boost clock
2,407 MHz
Bandwidth
1,792 GB/s
Power
575 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers agree it is the fastest graphics card available, around 30 per cent ahead of the RTX 4090 at 4K per KitGuru, with 32 GB of memory and an impressively compact two-slot Founders Edition. The common complaints are the very high price and power draw; KitGuru found efficiency slightly worse than the RTX 4090, and Tom's Hardware hit driver problems at launch.

From tomshardware.com, club386.com and kitguru.net

Specifications

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Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Shader cores
21,760
Boost clock
2,407 MHz
Architecture
GB202 GPU; 170 SMs, 680 texture units, 176 ROPs
Manufacturing process
TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 92.2 billion transistors; 750 mm² die
Ray tracing
170 fourth-generation RT Cores; 318 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
680 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 3352 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
2.01 GHz
Cache
96 MB L2

Memory

Video memory
32 GB GDDR7
Memory bus
512-bit
Memory bandwidth
1,792 GB/s
Memory detail
GDDR7 at 28 Gbps

Connections and power

Board power
575 W
Interface
PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
1 × 600 W PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 4 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
1000 W
Slot width
2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
3 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 21,760 CUDA cores and 32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus (1,792 GB/s)
  • Founders Edition is a two-slot card, 304 mm long
  • DisplayPort 2.1b UHBR20 outputs, up to 4K 480 Hz or 8K 165 Hz with DSC

Cons

  • 575 W total graphics power; NVIDIA asks for a 1000 W power supply
  • Needs a 600 W PCIe Gen 5 cable or four 8-pin cables through the adapter

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4090
24 GB16,3842,520 MHz1,008 GB/s450 WOct 2022
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5080
16 GB10,7522,617 MHz960 GB/s360 WJan 2025
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070 Ti
16 GB8,9602,452 MHz896 GB/s300 WFeb 2025

Previous model: GeForce RTX 4090.

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5090
  2. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/compare
  3. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/rtx-50-series-graphics-cards-gpu-laptop-announcem…
  4. nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-50-series-graphics-cards-gpu-laptop-announcem…
  5. images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/Solutions/geforce/blackwell/nvidia-rtx-blackwell-gpu-…

Photo: nvidia.com

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