Nvidia RTX 5090 Specs and Benchmark

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Nvidia RTX 5090 Specs and Benchmark

Nvidia RTX 5090 is an Enthusiast-level desktop graphics card that will be released on Jan 30th, 2025. It is a 4K gaming GPU based on Nvidia Blackwell Architecture which belongs to the RTX 5000 series graphics.

The latest and upcoming RTX 5090 graphics cards will be announced at CES 2025; So the RTX 5090 announcement date will be between Jan 7-10, 2025.

I have collected all the data from reputable sites like Techpowerup, VideoCardz, and YouTube channels like Hardware Unboxed, Gamers Nexus, etc. for the specs of the RTX 5090 Graphics card.

The post will be updated after the release of RTX 5090 at a later date. Let’s dive into all the specs of the RTX 5090 GPU.

Nvidia RTX 5090 Info

All the basic information about the Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU is presented such as GPU Architecture, market segment, codename, and price.

GPU NameGB202
GPU VariantGB202-400-A1
SeriesRTX 5000
ArchitectureBlackwell
Release dateJan 30th, 2025
GenerationGeForce 50
FoundryTSMC
Market SegmentDesktop
ProductionAnnounced
PredecessorGeForce 40
Launched Price$1999
Current Price

Nvidia RTX 5090 launch price is expected to be around $1999. The RTX 5090 architecture is based on Blackwell.

Technical Specifications

The Nvidia RTX 5090 Specs include compute units, number of shaders, pixel rate, texture filter rate, die size, density, TDP, process size, Vram, and more.

5090 Graphics Card include 4th Gen Ray Tracing cores and 5th Gen Tensor cores. RTX 5090 AI TOPS is 3342 TOPS and Ray Tracing TFLOPS is 318 TFLOPS.

SM Count170 Units
Shaders / Cuda Cores21760 Units
TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)680
ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)176
RayTracing Cores170
Tensor Cores680
L1 Cache128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache96 MB
Transistors92.2 billion
Process Size4 nm
Die Size750 mm²
Density122.9M / mm²
Pixel Rate462.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate1,638 GTexel/s

RTX 5090 cuda cores are 21,760 units instead of 24,576. The process size is 4nm and the transistors are 92.2 billion.

Board Design

TDP (Total Draw Power)575W
Minimum Power Supply Req.1000W
Tjunc. Max Temp90°C
Slot Width2- Slot
Card Dimensions (L X W X H)12 x 5.4 x 1.9 (inches)
Outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Bus InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16
Power Connectors1x 16-pin

Nvidia RTX 5090 TDP is 575W and its Dimensions are 12 x 5.4 x 1.9 (inches) or 304mm x 137mm x 48mm. RTX 5090 idle power consumption is 46W and peak power draw is 670W.

The bus interface for RTX 5090 is PCIe 5.0 but it does support ATX 3.1/PCIe 5.1 standards according to VideoCardz. The RTX 5090 may support a 1x 16-pin connector to a 4x 8-pin type.

GPU Frequencies

In desktop/notebook GPUs, the graphics cards are tuned according to their manufacturers/Board partners, depending on which frequencies they want in their notebook/desktop GPUs.

If they want power efficiency, they want to tune the frequencies lower than normal, resulting in less power consumption and loss of performance.

If they want performance, they will either let the frequencies default or tune the frequencies a little higher for more performance. Hence, the GPU will consume more power.

The higher the clock speed, the better the GPU performance.

Base ClockBoost ClockFP16 (Half)FP32 (Float)FP64 (Double)
2.01 GHz2.41 GHz104.8 TFLOPS104.8 TFLOPS1.638 TFLOPS

Video Memory (VRAM) capacity and Type

It tells how much VRAM GPU has, as well as VRAM type, size, bus, and bandwidth. This is a discrete video card so RTX 5090 VRAM is 32GB GDDR7.

Memory Size32GB
Memory TypeGDDR7
Memory Bus512-bit
Memory Clock28Gbps
Bandwidth1792 GB/s

RTX 5090 memory size is 32GB GDDR7 and memory bandwidth is 1792GB/s.

API Features Support

Graphical API features supported by the Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 graphics card are:

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA12.8
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL3.0
Vulkan1.4
Shader Model6.8

Hardware Codec Support

Hardware codecs supported by the RTX 5090 32GB graphics card are:

h264Decode / Encode
AV1Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8-bit)Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10-bit)Decode / Encode
VP8Decode / Encode
VP9Decode / Encode
NVENC / NVDEC
(3x 9th gen / 2x 6th gen)
Yes

Other Features Support

HDMI 4K SupportYes (4K at 480Hz), HDR
HDCP-Version2.3
Max. Display Support4
Max. Resolution Support8K at 120Hz with DSC, HDR
Nvidia DLSSDLSS 4, Super Res, DLAA,
Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
Nvidia ReflexYes
Nvidia BroadcastYes
Resizable BARYes
Nvidia Geforce ExperienceYes
Nvidia AnselYes
Nvidia FreeStyleYes
Nvidia  ShadowPlayYes
Nvidia HighlightsYes
Nvidia G-SyncYes
Nvidia OmniverseYes
Nvidia Studio DriversYes
Game Ready DriversYes
VR ReadyYes
Nvidia GPU BoostYes
Nvidia NVLink (SLI-Ready)No

Synthetic Benchmark Performance

These benchmarks are measured by GPU benchmarking software like 3DMark Time Spy graphics score, 3DMark Fire strike graphics, Passmark Performance Testsuite, Port Royal, and Geekbench 6.2.

What is the Passmark Performance Test suite?

The Passmark performance test suite is a 3D benchmark designed for video cards by using the DirectX feature.

It puts a load on the GPU for various DirectX versions like DX9, DX10, DX11, and DX12 provides separate benchmark results, and gives you the average G3D mark score.

What is the 3D Mark Time Spy benchmark?

It calculates both the CPU and GPU performance by rendering on 1440p resolution using DX12 API and gives you the system’s overall score. It also ranks your overall score on the internet and your system accordingly.

Time Spy Extreme also uses DX12 API to benchmark a gaming PC to its fullest capabilities by rendering it on 4K Ultra HD resolution.

What is the 3D Mark Fire Strike benchmark?

It is a standard to test your gaming PC graphics render capability in detail and complexity which is quite taxing to the gaming hardware. It uses DirectX 11 API and renders at 1080P resolution.

Fire Strike Extreme benchmark uses 1440p as a rendering resolution for gaming PCs. It enhances all the visuals by increasing the rendering load to measure the accurate performance of extreme hardware setups.

What is the 3D Port Royal benchmark?

The 3D Port Royal benchmark measures the ray-tracing capability of a graphics card that supports Microsoft DXR. It renders the scenes at 1440p resolution.

What is the Geekbench 6 GPU benchmark?

Geekbench 6 GPU benchmarks your graphics card computing power in gaming, image processing, video editing, photography, and machine learning. It tests your GPU Open CL, metal, and Vulkan score.

Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

Benchmark ToolsRTX 5090 32GB
Time Spy Graphics48732
Time Spy Extreme Graphics25485
Firestrike Graphics101767
Firestrike Extreme Graphics60778
Firestrike Ultra Graphics33114
Port Royal36673
Open CL367740
Vulkan359742
Passmark
RTX 5090 benchmark

Nvidia RTX 5090 Time Spy graphics score is 48,732, Time Spy Extreme graphics score is 25,485, Firestrike graphics score is 101,767, Firestrike Extreme graphics score is 60,778, and Firestrike Ultra is 33,114.

The 3d mark Port Royal score for RTX 5090 GPU is 36,673 (1440p) (Source: Tomshardware).

Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 Open CL score is 367,740 and Vulcan score is 359,742 (Source: VideoCardz).

GeForce RTX 5090 Gaming Benchmark

The Test System specs used for this gaming benchmark are Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, 32GB (2x 16GB) DDR5-6000 MHz RAM, MSI 1 TB M470 SSD, RTX 5090 Founders Edition, and Win 11 Pro. (Source: Hardware Unboxed)

4K Native Performance

Nvidia RTX 5090 FE 4K Gaming Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

Games4K
Avg. FPS
4K
1% Low
Graphics
Settings
Cyberpunk 2077 PL124102High/Ultra
Delta Force160123Ultra
Space Marine 212599Ultra, 4K tex.
Counter Strike 2472273V.High
Marvel Rivals10161Ultra, Lumen
Hogwarts Legacy14482High
Star Wars Jedi Survivor10288Epic
God of War Ragnarok195166Ultra
A Plague tale: Requiem12888Ultra
STALKER 27152Epic
Dragon Age: The Veilguard9678Ultra
Dying Light 2122107High
Marvel’s Spiderman Remastered212171V.High
The Last of Us125115Ultra
Total 14 Games Benchmarked with RTX 5090 FE 32GB

1440p Ray Tracing Performance

Nvidia RTX 5090 FE 1440p RT Gaming Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

Games1440p
Avg. FPS
1440p
1% Low
Graphics
Settings
Cyberpunk 207712990DLSS Q, RT Ultra
Metro Exodus Enhanced248191Ultra, RT normal, hybrid, Physx, hair, Tess
Alan Wake 210589High, RT High, DLSS Q
Dying Light 2166143RT High, DLSS Q
Black Myth Wukong9879V.High, RT V.High, DLSS Q
Marvel’s Spiderman Remastered128106V.High, RT V.High, Obj 10, DLSS Q
Total 6 Games Benchmarked with RTX 5090 32GB

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 GPU by following 3rd Party Companies

The following 3rd Party companies or board partners of Nvidia GPUs are ASUS, Gigabyte, Zotac, Colorful, Inno3D, Galax, MSI, Palit, PNY, Yeston, Gainward, KFA2, Kuroutoshikou, Leadtek, Manli, and Maxsun.

There are some OEM Brands like Dell, Lenovo, and HP also use Nvidia graphics cards.

Nvidia RTX 5090 Founders edition and 3rd party board partners’ GPUs will be available on Jan 30th, 2025.

The difference between the Founders Edition and 3rd Party board partner GPUs is that they have higher clock speeds, much better and beefier coolers with triple fan design, and RGB.

FAQs

How much faster is RTX 5090 compared to 4090?

RTX 5090 is barely 20-31% faster than RTX 4090.

What is the power requirement of RTX 5090?

RTX 5090 power requirement is at least 1000W as the 5090 TDP is about 575W.

What will be the price of RTX 5090?

RTX 5090 launch price is $1999 which is significantly $400 more than RTX 4090.

Hii, I am Alex, have attained my B.Tech Deg. in CSE. I love to Read about Gaming PCs, Laptops and compare their Specs. A Techie Blogger just want to share my Knowledge about Gaming Hardware.

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