Nvidia's groundbreaking Blackwell architecture powers the new GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, unveiled at CES 2025. These cards deliver substantial performance boosts and advanced AI capabilities for gaming and creative professionals. Months of speculation are over, with Nvidia officially releasing the full specifications.
The RTX 50 series introduces several key innovations: DLSS 4 (achieving up to 8x faster frame rates via AI-powered Multi Frame Generation), Reflex 2 (reducing input latency by 75%), and RTX Neural Shaders (using adaptive rendering and advanced texture compression for superior visuals).
RTX 5090: A Performance Leap
The flagship RTX 5090 boasts double the performance of its predecessor, the RTX 4090. This translates to 4K gaming at 240FPS with ray tracing enabled in demanding titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2. Equipped with 32GB of GDDR7 memory, 170 RT Cores, and 680 Tensor Cores, it's built for the most intensive tasks, including real-time ray tracing and generative AI, with FP4 precision accelerating AI processes by up to 2x.
Other Models in the RTX 50 Series
The RTX 5080 offers double the performance of the RTX 4080, featuring 16GB of GDDR7 memory, ideal for 4K gaming and content creation. The RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 excel at 1440p gaming, doubling the speed of their RTX 4070 counterparts and improving memory bandwidth by up to 78% for smoother gameplay.
Mobile Powerhouse: Blackwell Max-Q
Blackwell Max-Q technology arrives in laptops starting March, delivering double the performance of previous mobile GPUs while extending battery life by up to 40%. This combination of power and efficiency benefits both mobile gamers and creators, enabling rapid production of complex assets, animations, and models.
$1880 at Newegg, $1850 at Best Buy