It seems like it was just yesterday when people were struggling to get their hands on an RTX 3080 GPU due to crypto mining. Then the 40 Series became sought after, and supply couldn’t meet demand, especially since China wanted to scoop up as many as possible before the export ban occurred. Now, NVIDIA has unveiled the GeForce RTX 50 Series desktop and laptop GPUs, powered by the NVIDIA Blackwell architecture. The GPUs will also feature fifth-generation Tensor Cores and fourth-generation RT Cores.
At the top of the range is the GeForce RTX 5090 GPU, boasting 92 billion transistors to provide over 3,352 trillion AI operations per second (TOPS) of computing power. NVIDIA also claims that Blackwell architecture innovations and DLSS 4 allow the RTX 5090 to outperform the RTX 4090 by up to 2x. DLSS 4 introduces Multi Frame Generation, which boosts frame rates by using AI to generate up to three frames for each rendered frame. The technology also introduces the graphic industry’s first real-time application of the transformer model architecture. This results in reduced ghosting, greater detail, and improved anti-aliasing. On launch day, January 30, DLSS 4 will be supported in over 75 games and applications.
For launch, NVIDIA is kicking things off on January 30 with the RTX 5090 providing 3,352 AI TOPS and the RTX 5080 with 1,801 AI TOPS. The 5090 will cost $1,999 while the 5080 has a $999 price tag. If those two options are out of your price range, the RTX 5070 Ti with 1,406 AI TOPS and the RTX 5070 with 988 AI TOPS will launch in February starting at $749 and $549, respectively. Like previous-generation RTX GPUs, NVIDIA Founders Editions of the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 GPUs will be available directly from nvidia.com and select retailers worldwide. Laptops with RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 Ti Laptop GPUs will be available starting in March, while RTX 5070 Laptop GPUs will be available starting in April.
