CES 2025: Nvidia announced RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 graphics cards
By ForGeeks Nvidia today officially unveiled its new lineup of RTX 50-series graphics cards, which, based on the Blackwell architecture, promise significant performance gains. The announcement took place at the company’s keynote presentation at CES 2025, where Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed four new models – the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070. The new cards will go on sale in late January and February this year.
The new cards will be available in late January and February.
RTX 5090: A Revolution in Performance
The RTX 5090 is the flagship of the new lineup, which Nvidia claims will be twice as fast as its predecessor, the RTX 4090. This card features 32GB of GDDR7 memory and has a memory bandwidth of 1792GB/s and 21,760 CUDA cores. The card supports PCIe Gen 5 and DisplayPort 2.1b, allowing it to display images on displays up to 8K at up to 165Hz.
What makes the RTX 5090 stand out is its compact size. Despite its powerful performance, the card will fit into small form factor chassis, a significant difference from the bulkier RTX 4090. However, the performance of such a monster requires a lot of power – the RTX 5090 is rated at 575 watts and requires a 1,000-watt power supply. Nvidia claims that thanks to the new Blackwell architecture and improved DLSS 4 technology, this card will be more power-efficient than previous models.
Nvidia claims that this card will be more power-efficient than previous models.
A performance demo example: in a Cyberpunk 2077 game with full ray tracing enabled, the RTX 5090 with DLSS 4 delivered 238 frames per second, while the RTX 4090 with DLSS 3.5 managed 106fps.
RTX 5080 and other models
The RTX 5080, on the other hand, is aimed at users who want maximum performance but without overpaying for a top-of-the-line card. This model will be twice as fast as the RTX 4080 and will feature 16GB of GDDR7 memory and 960GB/s of bandwidth, as well as 10,752 CUDA cores. The RTX 5080 will have a power rating of 360 watts and will require an 850 watt power supply.
The RTX 5080 will be powered by an 850 watt power supply.
The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 will continue the tradition of high performance at a more affordable price point. The RTX 5070 Ti has 16GB of GDDR7 memory, 896GB/s of bandwidth and 8,960 CUDA cores, while the RTX 5070 has 12GB of GDDR7 and 6,144 CUDA cores. The 5070 Ti is rated at 300 watts, while the RTX 5070 only needs a 650 watt power supply. The RTX 5070 Ti is expected to be twice as fast as the RTX 4070 Ti, while the RTX 5070 will deliver performance on par with the RTX 4090, but for the price of $549 thanks to improvements in DLSS 4.
RTX 50-series for laptops
Nvidia has also announced the launch of mobile versions of the RTX 50-series. The RTX 5090 for notebooks will feature 24GB of GDDR7, the RTX 5080 will have 16GB, the RTX 5070 Ti will have 12GB, and the RTX 5070 will have 8GB of memory. Laptops with RTX 50-series graphics cards will be available from March 2025 from various PC makers.
Laptops with RTX 50-series graphics cards will be available from March 2025 from various PC makers.
New DLSS 4 technologies and enhancements
One of the major updates is DLSS 4, which includes Multi Frame Generation, allowing for up to three additional frames per traditional frame and up to 8x the frame rate. This technology utilizes new artificial neural networks, including RTX Neural Shaders and RTX Neural Faces, which help improve textures and face quality in games through generative AI. DLSS 4 also applies real-time Transformers to improve image quality, reduce blurring, and add detail in motion.
The technology also uses real-time Transformers to improve image quality, reduce blurring, and add detail in motion.
Closure
RTX 50-series graphics cards from Nvidia promise to be a true breakthrough in performance, offering incredible improvements for both desktops and laptops. The new Blackwell architecture, improved DLSS 4 technologies and significant power increases make these cards ideal for professionals, gamers and content creators looking to maximize performance.
The new Blackwell architecture, improved DLSS 4 technologies and significant power increases make these cards ideal for professionals, gamers and content creators looking to maximize performance.
