NVIDIA · Released Jan 2025
GeForce RTX 5090 Review
Blackwell · 32 GB GDDR7 · 575 W
NVIDIA’s Blackwell flagship — 32 GB GDDR7 and DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation. The first GPU to make native 4K path tracing routine.
Compare with Radeon RX 9070 XT → From $1,999
Verdex Score
98
/ 100
raster 100
rt 100
ai 100
Pros
- +Unrivaled 4K and path-tracing
- +DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen
- +32 GB VRAM for AI
Cons
- −Enormous power draw
- −Two-slot+ cooler required
- −Scarce MSRP supply
Full score breakdown
raster 100
rt 100
ai 100
efficiency 78
Specifications
Architecture
Blackwell
CUDA cores
21,760
Tensor cores
680 (5th gen)
RT cores
170 (4th gen)
VRAM
32 GB GDDR7
Memory bus
512-bit
Bandwidth
1792 GB/s
TBP
575 W
PCIe
PCIe 5.0 x16