Nvidia Geforce
We now have the latest Nvidia RTX 5000 line of video cards, bringing several improvements to the table. This article will be updated as we gain more information.
- Support for CUDA 12.8
- New 4th gen ray tracing (RT) cores and 5th gen Tensor cores
- GDDR7 memory – with higher VRAM capacities at each tier (32 GB on the RTX 5090 vs 24 GB on the RTX 4090, for example)
- DLSS 4 and Multi Frame Generation
- Upgraded 9th gen NVIDIA encoders (NVENC) and 6th gen decoders (NVDEC) with support for 4:2:2 chroma subsampling
- Smaller physical dimensions for the RTX 5090 Founders Edition compared to the RTX 4090 FE
Nvidia Geforce RTX 5000 Series Specifications
Nvidia Geforce RTX 5090 32GB
CUDA Cores: 21760
5th Gen Tensor Core TOPS: 3352
4th Gen RT Core TFLOPS: 318
Base/Boost Clock: 2.01/2.41Ghz
NVIDIA Encoder (NVENC): 3x 9th Gen
NVIDIA Decoder (NVDEC): 2x 6th Gen
Memory Bandwidth: 1792 GB/s
Dual-Slot Founders Edition MSRP: $1999
Performance Testing (Video Editing, Motion Graphics, GPU Rendering)
The RTX 5090 is overkill for many use cases, with 575W+ power draw and 32GB VRAM. However, it excels at GPU-heavy workloads like rendering (VRay, Blender) and provides solid performance improvements over the last-gen 4090 in many applications (After Effects, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve). Of course, there are some early issues with software compatibility (Octane Render + Redshift), however Nvidia will most likely work these out in quick order.
The RTX 5090 hits about 10-20% improvements between After Effects, Premiere Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. In some small areas with a GPU-bound workload, the RTX 5090 is up to 35% faster than the RTX 4090.
There is also enhanced codec support for NVENC/NVDEC, with H.265 4:2:2 10-bit being 2x faster than software decoding in DaVinci Resolve. While the 5090 is may be more than a workload requires, it’s fun to see what this means for other RTX 5000 cards.
In rendering workloads like Unreal Engine, VRay, and Blender, the RTX 5090 extends its lead over old cards. It is 17% faster than the 4090 in Unreal Engine (with more VRAM). In VRay and Blender, the RTX 5090 is 38% and 35% higher than the RTX 4090, respectively. This is a notable gain, with the extra VRAM being the cherry on top.
If you need the most powerful consumer GPU ever made, this is it.
Nvidia Geforce RTX 5080 16GB
CUDA Cores: 10752
5th Gen Tensor Core TOPS: 1801
4th Gen RT Core TFLOPS: 171
Base/Boost Clock: 2.30/2.62Ghz
NVIDIA Encoder (NVENC): 2x 9th Gen
NVIDIA Decoder (NVDEC): 2x 6th Gen
Memory Bandwidth: 960 GB/s
Dual-Slot Founders Edition MSRP: $999
Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070Ti 16GB
CUDA Cores: 8960
5th Gen Tensor Core TOPS: 1406
4th Gen RT Core TFLOPS: 133
Base/Boost Clock: 2.30/2.45Ghz
NVIDIA Encoder (NVENC): 2x 9th Gen
NVIDIA Decoder (NVDEC): 1x 6th Gen
Memory Bandwidth: 896 GB/s
Founders Edition MSRP: $749
Nvidia Geforce RTX 5070 12GB
CUDA Cores: 6144
5th Gen Tensor Core TOPS: 988
4th Gen RT Core TFLOPS: 94
Base/Boost Clock: 2.16/2.51Ghz
NVIDIA Encoder (NVENC): 1x 9th Gen
NVIDIA Decoder (NVDEC): 1x 6th Gen
Memory Bandwidth: 672 GB/s
Dual-Slot Founders Edition MSRP: $549
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