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 |
Today-scores are recomputed against the current market frontier. How scoring works
Why the GeForce RTX 5090 stands out
Where it beats the average graphics card in its class.
Memory bandwidthBest in class
1,792 GB/s
59% more than the 1,130 average
CUDA coresBest in class
21,760
39% more than the 15,616 average
VRAM
32 GB GDDR7
2.5× more than the 13 average
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