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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32 GB • Blackwell • 2410 MHz • 575 W

32 GBMemory
BlackwellArchitecture
2410 MHzBoost
575 WPower
KACBU

Should I buy it?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
CONSIDER
  • Current model — 20 months on the market
Great choice if these matter:
  • Gaming
  • Content Creation
  • Work / Productivity
Watch out for:
  • 575 W board power — the highest of any consumer GeForce card.
  • A 1000 W power supply is the recommended minimum.
20 months on the marketLaunch price $1,999 (US)
Regret riskLOWlimited data
Main risks
  • 575 W board power — the highest of any consumer GeForce card.
  • A 1000 W power supply is the recommended minimum.
  • $1,999 MSRP, and street prices ran well above it after launch.
  • The 12V-2x6 connector requires care in seating and cable routing.
The risk level is computed from the release date and verified weaknesses. The confidence score appears only once enough owner reports exist.
Alternatives
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Tinewer · cheaper at launchCompare
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Official Statement

What does NVIDIA say about the product?

A summary of NVIDIA's official product description.

Official NVIDIA source

NVIDIA positions the RTX 5090 as the fastest GeForce card it has ever built, aimed at gamers and creators alike.

Announced at CES on January 6, 2025 and released on January 30, the RTX 5090 is built on the Blackwell architecture with 32 GB of GDDR7 memory. NVIDIA frames it around three uses at once: full ray-traced gaming at the lowest latency, demanding creative workloads, and running AI models locally, with DLSS 4 neural rendering used to raise frame rates and cut latency.

“The most powerful GeForce GPU ever made”
Open NVIDIA's official statement
Graphics Processor

What's inside the card's core?

Manufacturer's official processing unit and architecture information.

GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

The actual hardware that determines frame rate.

21760 Processing Unit

Blackwell — Architecture · 21760 — Shading Unit · 170 RT — Ray Tracing Core · 680 Tensor — AI core

Blackwell21760170 RT680 Tensor
BlackwellArchitecture
21760Shading Unit
170 RTRay Tracing Core
680 TensorAI core
Memory

How much and what speed memory?

Values decisive at high resolutions and high textures.

MEMORY

This determines the limit in 4K and high texture settings.

32 GB Memory

32 GB — GDDR7 · 512 bit — Memory bus · 1792 GB/s — Memory bandwidth

32 GB512 bit1792 GB/s
32 GBGDDR7
512 bitMemory bus
1792 GB/sMemory bandwidth
Power and Cooling

How much power does it draw?

Official values determining power supply and case selection.

POWER AND COOLING

These values determine the power supply budget.

575 W

575 W — Card Power Consumption · 1000 W — Recommended Power Supply · 16-pin (12V-2x6) — Power Connector

575 W1000 W16-pin (12V-2x6)
575 WCard Power Consumption
1000 WRecommended Power Supply
16-pin (12V-2x6)Power Connector
Who Is It For?

Where does it stand out?

A usage guide built from the specs and the editors' tags; not a test result.

Gaming

For gaming; tagged from the display's refresh rate and the chip's class. We have not measured frame rates or heat ourselves.

Good fit
Content Creation

For creators who need professional video formats and fast transfer.

Good fit
Work / Productivity

For heavy work use; tagged from the battery and display specs. We have not timed the battery ourselves.

Good fit
Editorial Analysis

Strengths and points to consider

The Kacbu editors' assessment of the specifications the maker publishes. We do not test devices ourselves, so nothing here is a measured result. Anything taken from an independent review is shown with its publication and date in the Press section.

Strengths based on the specs
21,760 CUDA cores — roughly double the RTX 5080's shader count.
32 GB of GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, giving 1792 GB/s of bandwidth.
The memory capacity handles local AI models and 8K video timelines the 16 GB cards cannot.
170 fourth-generation RT cores for full path-traced rendering.
680 fifth-generation Tensor cores driving DLSS 4 multi frame generation.
DisplayPort 2.1b supports very high refresh rates at 4K.
Founders Edition fits a 2-slot enclosure despite the 575W board power.
Things to consider
575 W board power — the highest of any consumer GeForce card.
A 1000 W power supply is the recommended minimum.
$1,999 MSRP, and street prices ran well above it after launch.
The 12V-2x6 connector requires care in seating and cable routing.
Real-world gains over the RTX 5080 rarely match the doubled core count.
304 mm length rules out many compact cases.
Historical Product Info

Official launch details

Instead of tracking today's retail price, Kacbu keeps the product's official launch information as a reference.

AnnouncedJanuary 6, 2025

The manufacturer's official announcement date.

ReleaseJanuary 30, 2025

The start of the initial sales period.

US launch price$1,999

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090's launch price.

Source: the maker's page

NVIDIA is headquartered in the US and designs the GPU there; it does not fabricate it itself — the GB202 die is made at TSMC's fabs in Taiwan. Card assembly varies by board partner.

This is not the current retail price — it shows the product's historical, official launch information.
Specifications

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 specifications

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General

Family
GeForce RTX 50
Release Year
2025
Manufacturer

Graphics Processor

GPU Chip
GB202
Manufacturing Process
TSMC 4N
RT Cores
170
Tensor Cores
680
Architecture
Shading Units

Memory

Memory Bus
Memory Size
Memory Type
Memory Speed
28 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth
1792 GB/s

Frequency

Base Frequency
2010 MHz
Boost Clock

Video Engine

AV1 Decoding
VP9 Decoding
Yes
AV1 Encoding
H.264 Decoding
Yes
HEVC Decoding
Yes
H.264 Encoding
Yes
HEVC Encoding
Decoder Count
2
Encoder Count
Video Decoder
6th Gen NVDEC
Video Engine
4:2:2 Encoding

Power

Board Power
Power Connector
Recommended PSU

Display

Maximum Displays
4
Maximum Resolution
7680x4320

Dimensions

Card Length
Slot Width
2 Slot (Founders Edition)
Interface
PCIe 5.0 x16
FAQ

The most common questions about this product

What the numbers on the spec sheet actually mean in day-to-day use.

How much faster is it than the RTX 5080?
On paper it has roughly twice the cores, twice the memory and twice the bandwidth. In games the gap is far smaller than that — most titles are limited by other parts of the pipeline long before the shader count matters. The doubling shows up properly in memory-bound work: local AI models, 8K timelines and heavy 3D scenes.
Do I really need a 1000 W power supply?
That is NVIDIA's recommendation for a complete system, not the card alone. The card itself draws up to 575 W, and transient spikes go higher, so a quality 1000 W unit leaves headroom. Pairing it with a high-draw CPU on a smaller supply is where people run into shutdowns under load.
What is the 32 GB of memory actually for?
Games rarely need it today. It matters when the working set has to fit in VRAM at once: running larger language or image models locally, 8K video editing, and large 3D scenes with high-resolution textures. If none of that describes your work, the memory is not the reason to buy this card.
Will it fit in my case?
The Founders Edition is 304 mm long and two slots wide, which suits most mid-tower cases. Partner cards are frequently longer and three or more slots thick, so check the specific model against your case clearance rather than assuming the reference dimensions.
Is the 12V-2x6 connector safe?
It is the revised version of the connector, designed so that a partly seated plug will not carry full current. The practical advice is unchanged: push it in until it clicks, and avoid tight bends immediately behind the plug. At 575 W there is little margin for a poor connection.
Shared Hardware

Products that share this hardware

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Alternatives

Other models in the same category

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Local AI

Which models run on this card?

Whether a model runs on your machine is decided first by the graphics card's memory: the model file has to fit in VRAM with room left for the context window and the runtime. The states below are computed from memory alone; software support (CUDA, ROCm, Vulkan) is a separate matter.

VRAM: 32 GB

Largest model that runs comfortably: Qwen3.5 27B

  • Qwen3.5 0.8B1 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 2B2.7 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 4B3.4 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 9B6.6 GB packageComfortable
  • gpt-oss-20b14 GB package · the maker states a 16 GB memory minimumComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 27B17 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 35B24 GB packageRuns
  • gpt-oss-120b65 GB package · the maker states a 80 GB memory minimumNot suitable
  • Qwen3.5 122B81 GB packageNot suitable
  • ComfortableRoom for the model file and a long context
  • RunsFits; the context window may need to stay short
  • LimitedNot enough memory; part of the model spills to system RAM and runs slowly
  • Not suitableNot a GPU-run model on this card

Rule: 1.5× the requirement in memory is Comfortable, 1.15× Runs, 0.6× Limited; the requirement is the default package size, or the maker's stated minimum where there is one (a stated minimum counts as fitting at exactly that figure). Package sizes are the Ollama library's, minimums the maker's own statement; read on 2026-09-11. Sources: ollama.com/library/qwen3.5, ollama.com/library/gpt-oss, openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss

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