NVIDIA has unveiled few hours ago, at the CES 2025, the new GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards based on the Blackwell GPU architecture. Four new models have been introduced:
- GeForce RTX 5090: 21760 CUDA cores, 575W, USD $1999
- GeForce RTX 5080: 10752 CUDA cores, 360W, USD $999
- GeForce RTX 5070 Ti: 8960 CUDA cores, 300W, USD $749
- GeForce RTX 5070: 6144 CUDA cores, 250W, USD $549
The new GPU name is dedicated to David Harold Blackwell, an American mathematician who made important contributions to game theory, probability theory, information theory, and statistics.
The GeForce RTX 5090 is the first GPU that packs more than 20k CUDA cores. Its total power consumption is 575W, which is a +125W increase compared to the RTX 4090 (450W). Customized versions will reach and exceed the 600W barrier for sure! The RTX 5090 = two RTX 5080!!!
The GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is SSF-Ready (SSF: (Small Form Factor). The RTX 5090 FE has more or less the same size than the RTX 2080 Ti but can consume twice power. This is possible thanks to two innovations:
– Dual Flow Through heatsink design which improves the cooling efficiency
– Liquid Metal Thermal Interface Material: that allows to quickly and efficiently move the heat from Blackwell GPU to the new RTX 5090 heatsink.
GeForce RTX 50 Series GPUs and Laptops | Game Changer
Powered by NVIDIA Blackwell, GeForce RTX™ 50 Series graphics cards and laptops bring game-changing capabilities to gamers and creators. Equipped with a massive level of AI horsepower, the RTX 50 Series enables new experiences and next-level graphics fidelity. Multiply performance with NVIDIA DLSS 4, generate images at unprecedented speed, and unleash your creativity with NVIDIA Studio.
The new DLSS 4 available with RTX 50 Series, introduces the Multi-Frame Generation: up to three AI-generated frames can be created for every real frame, leading to huge boost in framerates:
The GeForce RTX 5090 is 2X faster than the RTX 4090 with the power of DLSS 4.
4K, RT Overdrive and max settings, DLSS Super Resolution (Performance Mode), Ray Reconstruction; DLSS Frame Generation on RTX 4090, DLSS Multi Frame Generation (4X Mode) on RTX 5090.
GeForce RTX 5090 Specifications
- GPU: GB202, 92 billion transistors, base clock: 2.01 GHz, boost clock: 2.41GHz
- CUDA cores: 21760
- SMs: 170 (128 CUDA cores / SM)
- Tensor cores: 680 (5th generation – 4TC/SM)
- Ray tracing cores: 170 (4th generation)
- Max GPU temperature: 90°C
- Memory: 32GB GDDR7, 512-bit memory bus, bandwidth: 1792 GB/sec
- DLSS: DLSS 4
- Total Power Consumption: 575W
- Power connectors: 4x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) or 1x 600 W PCIe Gen 5 cable
- Launch price: USD $1999
- Launch date: January 30. 2025
GeForce RTX 5080 Specifications
- GPU: GB203, base clock: 2.30 GHz, boost clock: 2.62GHz
- CUDA cores: 10752
- SMs: 84 (128 CUDA cores / SM)
- Tensor cores: 336 (5th generation – 4TC/SM)
- Ray tracing cores: 84 (4th generation)
- Max GPU temperature: 88°C
- Memory: 16GB GDDR7, 256-bit memory bus, bandwidth: 960 GB/sec
- Total Power Consumption: 360W
- Power connectors: 3x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) or 1x 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable
- Launch price: USD $999
- Launch date: January 30. 2025
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Specifications
- GPU: GB203, base clock: 2.30 GHz, boost clock: 2.45GHz
- CUDA cores: 8960
- SMs: 70 (128 CUDA cores / SM)
- Tensor cores: 280 (5th generation – 4TC/SM)
- Ray tracing cores: 4th generation
- Max GPU temperature: 88°C
- Memory: 16GB GDDR7, 256-bit memory bus, bandwidth: 896 GB/sec
- Total Power Consumption: 300W
- Power connectors: 2x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) or 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable
- Launch price: USD $749
- Launch date: February 2025
GeForce RTX 5070 Specifications
- GPU: GB203, base clock: 2.16 GHz, boost clock: 2.51GHz
- CUDA cores: 6144
- SMs: 48 (128 CUDA cores / SM)
- Tensor cores: 192 (5th generation – 4TC/SM)
- Ray tracing cores: 48 (4th generation)
- Max GPU temperature: 85°C
- Memory: 12GB GDDR7, 192-bit memory bus, bandwidth: 672 GB/sec
- Total Power Consumption: 250W
- Power connectors: 2x PCIe 8-pin cables (adapter in box) or 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable
- Launch price: USD $549
- Launch date: February 2025
Further Reading
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 Technical Deep Dive
- NVIDIA Blackwell Architecture Technical Brief (24-page PDF)
- New GeForce RTX 50 Series Graphics Cards & Laptops Powered By NVIDIA Blackwell Bring Game-Changing AI and Neural Rendering Capabilities To Gamers and Creators
- Blackwell (microarchitecture)
- Nvidia’s RTX 5090 Founders Edition is an engineering marvel
