GeForce RTX 5090

GeForce RTX 5090 Specifications

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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is an enthusiast-class graphics card from NVIDIA, launched on 30 January 2025. Built on a 5 nm process and based on the GB202 GPU in its GB202-300-A1 variant, it fully supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, ensuring compatibility with all modern games. This also enables advanced features such as hardware-accelerated ray tracing, variable rate shading, and other next-generation graphics technologies.

GB202

Graphics Processor

21,760

Cores

680

TMUs

176

ROPs

32 GB

Memory Size

GDDR7

Memory Type

512 bit

Bus Width

The GB202 chip is a large die, measuring 750 mm² and packing 92.2 billion transistors. It offers 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units (TMUs) and 176 render output units (ROPs). For AI and machine learning workloads, the card includes 680 Tensor Cores, alongside 170 dedicated ray tracing (RT) cores for improved real-time ray-traced performance. NVIDIA pairs this with 32 GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering massive bandwidth. The GPU runs at a base clock of 2017 MHz, boosting up to 2407 MHz, while the memory operates at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective).

Despite its enormous performance, the RTX 5090 uses a dual-slot design and draws power via a single 16-pin connector, with a rated maximum power draw of 575 W. It connects over a PCI Express 5.0 x16 interface and provides modern display outputs: one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b ports. The card measures 304 × 137 × 40 mm and uses a dual-slot cooling solution, firmly positioning it as a flagship option for high-end gaming and professional workloads.

Graphics Processor

Spec Details
GPU Name GB202
GPU Variant GB202-300-A1
Architecture Blackwell 2.0
Foundry TSMC
Process Type 4N FinFET
Process Size 5 nm
Transistors 92,200 million
Transistor Density 122.9M / mm²
Die Size 750 mm²

Graphics Card

Spec Details
Release Date 30 Jan 2025
Announced 6 Jan 2025
Generation GeForce 50
Predecessor GeForce 40
Production Active
Driver Support Active
Launch Price £1,999 (launch pricing)
Current Price Box.co.uk
Bus Interface PCIe 5.0 x16

Relative Performance (GeForce RTX 5090 = 100%)

# Graphics Card Performance
1 GeForce RTX 5090
100%
2 GeForce RTX 4090
76%
3 GeForce RTX 5080
66%
4 GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
59%
5 GeForce RTX 4080
58%
6 Radeon RX 7900 XTX
58%
7 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
57%
8 Radeon RX 9070 XT
55%
9 Radeon RX 7900 XT
50%
10 GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
49%
11 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
49%
12 Radeon RX 9070
49%
13 GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
45%
14 GeForce RTX 5070
45%
15 GeForce RTX 3090
44%
16 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
43%
17 GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
42%
18 Radeon RX 7900 GRE
41%
19 Radeon RX 6950 XT
41%
20 GeForce RTX 4070
40%
21 Radeon RX 6900 XT
40%
22 GeForce RTX 3080
39%
23 Radeon RX 7800 XT
39%
24 Radeon RX 6800 XT
38%
25 GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
35%
26 GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
35%
27 Radeon RX 7700 XT
34%
28 Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB
33%
29 GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
33%
30 Radeon RX 6800
32%
31 Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB
31%
32 GeForce RTX 3070
31%
33 GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
31%
34 GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
31%
35 GeForce RTX 5060
30%
36 Radeon RX 6750 XT
29%
37 GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
27%
38 Radeon RX 6700 XT
27%
39 GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
25%
40 Radeon RX 7600 XT
24%
41 GeForce RTX 4060
24%
42 Arc B580
24%
43 GeForce RTX 5050
24%
44 GeForce RTX 2080
24%
45 Radeon RX 6650 XT
23%
46 Radeon RX 7600
23%
47 GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
22%
48 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
22%
49 Arc A770
22%
50 GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB
21%

Clock Speeds

Spec Clock Speed
Base Clock 2017 MHz
Boost Clock 2407 MHz
Memory Clock 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28 Gbps (effective)

Memory

Spec Details
Memory Size 32 GB
Memory Type GDDR7
Memory Bus 512 bit
Memory Bandwidth 1.79 TB/s

Render Config

Spec Details
Shading Units (CUDA Cores) 21,760
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 680
Render Output Units (ROPs) 176
Streaming Multiprocessors (SM Count) 170
Tensor Cores 680
Ray Tracing Cores (RT Cores) 170
L1 Cache 128 KB per SM
L2 Cache 96 MB

Theoretical Performance

Spec Performance
Pixel Rate 423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 1,636.8 GTexel/s
FP16 (half precision) 104.8 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (single precision) 104.8 TFLOPS
FP64 (double precision) 1.637 TFLOPS (1:64)

Graphics Features

Feature Version / Support
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL 4.6
OpenCL 3.0
Vulkan 1.4
CUDA 12.0
Shader Model 6.8

Board Design

Spec Details
Slot Width Dual-slot
Length 304 mm (12 inches)
Height 137 mm (5.4 inches)
Width 40 mm (1.6 inches)
Weight 1814 g
TDP 575 W
Suggested PSU 950 W
Outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Power Connectors 1x 16-pin
Board Number PG145 SKU 30

GB202 GPU Notes

Feature Details
Ray Tracing Cores 4th Gen
Tensor Cores 5th Gen
NVENC 9th Gen
NVDEC 6th Gen
PureVideo HD VP11
VDPAU Feature Set K
Windows 10 / 11 Drivers GeForce, Quadro & Data Center releases
GeForce Release Latest
Quadro Release Latest
Data Center Release Latest

Retail RTX 5090 Boards

Name GPU Clock Boost Clock Memory Clock Other Changes
AFOX RTX 5090 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz –
ASUS ProArt RTX 5090 OC Edition 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C
ASUS ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 288 mm/11.3 inches, 2050 g, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 OC Edition 2017 MHz 2580 MHz 1750 MHz 288 mm/11.3 inches, 2050 g, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, 3038 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 BTF 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 BTF OC Edition 2017 MHz 2580 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition 2017 MHz 2580 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 G700 2017 MHz 2437 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC Edition 2017 MHz 2580 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, 3038 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 WHITE 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 WHITE OC Edition 2017 MHz 2580 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Matrix Platinum RTX 5090 30th Anniversary Edition 2017 MHz 2730 MHz 1750 MHz 358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5090 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 348 mm/13.7 inches, 2317 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5090 OC Edition 2017 MHz 2550 MHz 1750 MHz 348 mm/13.7 inches, 2317 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
Dell RTX 5090 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz –
Gainward RTX 5090 Phantom 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 332 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
Gainward RTX 5090 Phantom GS 2017 MHz 2527 MHz 1750 MHz 332 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
GALAX RTX 5090 1-Click OC 2017 MHz 2422 MHz 1750 MHz 326 mm/12.8 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 189 mm/7.4 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C 2x Thunderbolt
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY 2017 MHz 2655 MHz 1750 MHz 330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 MASTER 2017 MHz 2655 MHz 1750 MHz 360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 MASTER ICE 2017 MHz 2655 MHz 1750 MHz 360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE 2017 MHz 2655 MHz 1750 MHz 360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE 2017 MHz 2655 MHz 1750 MHz 220 mm/8.7 inches
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB 2017 MHz 2655 MHz 1750 MHz 234 mm/9.2 inches
GIGABYTE RTX 5090 GAMING OC 2017 MHz 2550 MHz 1750 MHz 340 mm/13.4 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE RTX 5090 WINDFORCE 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 342 mm/13.5 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE RTX 5090 WINDFORCE OC 2017 MHz 2467 MHz 1750 MHz 342 mm/13.5 inches, Triple-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 iCHILL FROSTBITE 2017 MHz 2467 MHz 1750 MHz 204 mm/8 inches
Inno3D RTX 5090 iCHILL FROSTBITE PRO 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 223 mm/8.8 inches, Single-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 iCHILL X3 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 334 mm/13.1 inches, Quad-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 X3 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 333 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 X3 OC 2017 MHz 2452 MHz 1750 MHz 333 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 X3 OC WHITE 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 333 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
KFA2 RTX 5090 1-Click OC 2017 MHz 2422 MHz 1750 MHz 326 mm/12.8 inches, Triple-slot
Leadtek WinFast RTX 5090 HURRICANE 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
Manli Gallardo RTX 5090 OC 2017 MHz 2482 MHz 1750 MHz 359 mm/14.1 inches, Triple-slot
Manli Nebula RTX 5090 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 345 mm/13.6 inches, Triple-slot
Manli Stellar RTX 5090 OC 2017 MHz 2437 MHz 1750 MHz 360 mm/14.2 inches, Triple-slot
Manli White Gallardo RTX 5090 OC 2017 MHz 2482 MHz 1750 MHz 359 mm/14.1 inches, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 GAMING TRIO 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 359 mm/14.1 inches, 2119 g, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 GAMING TRIO OC 2017 MHz 2482 MHz 1750 MHz 359 mm/14.1 inches, 2119 g, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X 2017 MHz 2565 MHz 1750 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, Triple-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C, 1000 W
MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z 2017 MHz 2730 MHz 1750 MHz 260 mm/10.2 inches, Triple-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C, 1000 W
MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z OCER 2017 MHz 2730 MHz 1750 MHz 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C, 2500 W
MSI RTX 5090 Special Edition Air Cooling 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 357 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 Special Edition Liquid Cooling 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 357 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID OC 2017 MHz 2482 MHz 1750 MHz 280 mm/11 inches, 2913 g
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC 2017 MHz 2527 MHz 1750 MHz 280 mm/11 inches, 2913 g
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM OC 2017 MHz 2482 MHz 1750 MHz 359 mm/14.1 inches, 2839 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM SOC 2017 MHz 2565 MHz 1750 MHz 359 mm/14.1 inches, 2839 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC 2017 MHz 2482 MHz 1750 MHz 357 mm/14.1 inches, 2707 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VANGUARD SOC 2017 MHz 2512 MHz 1750 MHz 357 mm/14.1 inches, 2707 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION 2017 MHz 2512 MHz 1750 MHz 357 mm/14.1 inches, 2707 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VENTUS 3X 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 325 mm/12.8 inches, 1875 g, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VENTUS 3X OC 2017 MHz 2437 MHz 1750 MHz 325 mm/12.8 inches, 1875 g, Triple-slot
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Cyberpunk 2077 Edition 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz –
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz –
Palit RTX 5090 GameRock 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 332 mm/13.1 inches, 2231 g, Triple-slot
Palit RTX 5090 GameRock OC 2017 MHz 2527 MHz 1750 MHz 332 mm/13.1 inches, 2231 g, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 ARGB EPIC-X Overclocked Triple Fan 2017 MHz 2625 MHz 1750 MHz 329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 ARGB EPIC-X Triple Fan 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 Overclocked Triple Fan 2017 MHz 2527 MHz 1750 MHz 329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 Triple Fan 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 AMP Extreme INFINITY 2017 MHz 2467 MHz 1750 MHz 332 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 ARCTICSTORM AIO 2017 MHz 2437 MHz 1750 MHz 252 mm/9.9 inches
ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID 2017 MHz 2407 MHz 1750 MHz 330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID OC 2017 MHz 2422 MHz 1750 MHz 330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID OC White Edition 2017 MHz 2422 MHz 1750 MHz 330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
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