GeForce RTX 5090
2025Blackwell's flagship: 32 GB and neural rendering.
Launch price $1,999Today $2,400
Then vs. now
8880Aging gracefully — only 8 points off its 2025 standing.
View as table
| Dimension | At launch | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Raster perf | 99 | 89 |
| Ray tracing | 99 | 88 |
| AI compute | 99 | 86 |
| Efficiency | 85 | 78 |
| Thermals & noise | 88 | 85 |
| Value | 58 | 53 |
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Our verdict
Blackwell's flagship pushes 32 GB and neural rendering to new heights — the fastest consumer GPU, with power and price to match.
Pros
- Unmatched raw and AI performance
- 32 GB GDDR7
- DLSS 4 multi-frame generation
Cons
- 575 W power draw
- Very expensive and scarce
- Frame-gen latency trade-offs
Best for: Enthusiasts and local-AI builders who want the absolute top.
Specifications
Silicon
- Architecture
- Blackwell (GB202)
- CUDA cores
- 21,760
- VRAM
- 32 GB GDDR7
- Memory bandwidth
- 1,792 GB/s
Power & output
- TDP
- 575 W
- 4K capability
- 240+ fps with DLSS 4
- DLSS
- DLSS 4 multi-frame gen
- Connectors
- HDMI 2.1b, 3× DP 2.1b