GeForce RTX 5090: specs and benchmarks
Summary
NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 5090 sales on 2025. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Blackwell 2.0 architecture and made with 0 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 28 GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 5 GB/s are supplied, and together with 448 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 280.0 GB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is triple-slot 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 500 Watt.
Primary details
Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 5090: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in performance ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | |
| GPU code name | GB202 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 2025 (recently) |
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 | 20480 | |
| Boost clock speed | 2520 MHz | of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 0 nm | of 4 (Radeon 780M) |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 500 Watt | of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem) |
| Texture fill rate | 1,613 | of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB) |
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 | 3-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 | 28 GB | of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
| Memory bus width | 448 Bit | of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 5 GB/s | of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER) |
| Memory bandwidth | 280.0 GB/s | of 3276 (Aldebaran) |
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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | |
| HDMI | + |
API compatibility
APIs supported by GeForce RTX 5090, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | |
| CUDA | 9.1 |
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 5090 according to our statistics.
