NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 5090 sales 30 January 2025 at a recommended price of $1,999 . This is a high-end Blackwell 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 32 GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 512 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 1.79 TB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 304 mm. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 575 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 5090: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	2
Place by popularity	57
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	10.84
Power efficiency	12.00	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GB202
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,999	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 5090's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 5090's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	21760
Core clock speed	2017 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	2407 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	92,200 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	575 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	1,637	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	104.8 TFLOPS
ROPs	176	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	680	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	680	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	170

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 5090 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	304 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 5090: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	32 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	512 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	1.79 TB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Resizable BAR	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 5090. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 5090, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.4
CUDA	10.1
DLSS	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 5090. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 5090 86.45

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 5090 38659

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 5090 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	231
1440p	193
4K	152

Cost per frame, $

1080p	8.65
1440p	10.36
4K	13.15

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	250−260
Counter-Strike 2	210−220
Cyberpunk 2077	240−250

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	250−260
Battlefield 5	190−200
Counter-Strike 2	210−220
Cyberpunk 2077	240−250
Far Cry 5	210−220
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
Forza Horizon 5	250−260
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	650−700

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	250−260
Battlefield 5	190−200
Counter-Strike 2	210−220
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280
Cyberpunk 2077	240−250
Far Cry 5	210−220
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
Forza Horizon 5	250−260
Grand Theft Auto V	170−180
Metro Exodus	69
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	400−450
Valorant	650−700

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	190−200
Counter-Strike 2	202
Cyberpunk 2077	240−250
Far Cry 5	210−220
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	350
Valorant	650−700

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

300−350

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	183
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	500−550
Grand Theft Auto V	160−170
Metro Exodus	202
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	450−500

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	190−200
Cyberpunk 2077	150−160
Far Cry 5	200−210
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	321

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

150−160

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	128
Counter-Strike 2	174
Grand Theft Auto V	180−190
Metro Exodus	167
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	378
Valorant	300−350

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	130−140
Counter-Strike 2	55
Cyberpunk 2077	75−80
Far Cry 5	160−170
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

75−80

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 5090's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 5090 D 115.67

GeForce RTX 5090 100

GeForce RTX 4090 99.41

GeForce RTX 5080 93.46

GeForce RTX 4080 89.38

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 88.72

GeForce RTX 5070 82.53

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 5090 is Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which is slower by 20% and lower by 9 positions in our ranking.