DLSS 4 on the program
For this new range, NVIDIA has chosen the Blackwell architecture with 5th generation Tensor cores which will promote the use of AI. This was one of the keywords regarding the new RTX cards, which allows us to highlight the new version of DLSS technology, namely DLSS 4.
The operation will remain the same as before here except that it will raise the slider a notch by favoring multi-frame generation, in order to boost the performance of your games via more frames per second and the possibility to have access to better quality ray tracing. An example of this ray-tracing is shown below, with the rendering without this technology on the left, and the one with it enabled on the right image (on Half-Life 2).
These cards will also include the Reflex 2 functionality in order to offer better responsiveness, in particular via Time Warp technology which will reduce latency, which will be essential for your online FPS games.
To get a better idea of the gap between the RTX 40 range and the RTX 50, comparative tables have been distributed with several games tested (like Alan Wake 2 et Black Myth Wukong), which see their performance considerably improved.
What are the prices of the NVIDIA RTX 50 series?
As you certainly suspect if you have already been interested in NVIDIA brand products, these RTX 50s will not be within everyone's reach. You will have to devote a certain budget to it, with RTX 5090 versions which are only aimed at a handful of people ready to spend lavishly to be entitled to the best possible configuration.
Here are the prices of the RTX 50 range :
- GeForce RTX 5090 : 2 349 €
- GeForce RTX 5080 : 1 179 €
- GeForce RTX 5070 Ti : 884 €
- GeForce RTX 5070 : 649 €
These are the base prices, which will certainly increase depending on demand and the company offering them for purchase.
When will the NVIDIA RTX 50 series be released?
This new range will be released in two stages. First, the RTX 5090 and 5080 will arrive on the market on January 30. Then comes the time for the RTX 5070 range, which are scheduled to be released during the month of February.
The technical specifications of the RTX 50 range
NVIDIA wasted no time and immediately shared all the specifics of its different RTX 50 cards:
GeForce RTX 5090
- NVIDIA CUDA cores: 21760
- Tensor Cores (AI): 5th generation 3352 AI TOPS
- Ray tracing cores: 4th generation 318 TFLOPS
- Boost frequency (GHz): 2.41
- Base frequency (GHz): 2.01
- Standard memory: 32 GB GDDR7
- Max resolution and refresh rate: 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 120Hz with DSC
- DLSS 4 et Reflex 2
- Length: 304mm
- Width: 137mm
- Maximum GPU Maximum GPU temperature (°C): 90
- Total graphics power (Watts): 575
- System Power Requirements (Watts): 1000
GeForce RTX 5080
- NVIDIA CUDA cores: 10752
- Tensor Cores (AI): 5th generation 1801 AI TOPS
- Ray tracing cores: 4th generation 171 TFLOPS
- Boost frequency (GHz): 2.62
- Base frequency (GHz): 2.30
- Standard memory: 16 GB GDDR7
- Max resolution and refresh rate: 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 120Hz with DSC
- DLSS 4 et Reflex 2
- Length: 304mm
- Width: 137mm
- Maximum GPU Maximum GPU temperature (°C): 88
- Total graphics power (Watts): 360
- System Power Requirements (Watts): 850
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
- NVIDIA CUDA cores: 8960
- Tensor Cores (AI): 5th generation 1406 AI TOPS
- Ray tracing cores: 4th generation 133 TFLOPS
- Boost frequency (GHz): 2.45
- Base frequency (GHz): 2.30
- Standard memory: 16 GB GDDR7
- Max resolution and refresh rate: 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 120Hz with DSC
- DLSS 4 et Reflex 2
- Length: Varies depending on the manufacturer
- Width: Varies depending on the manufacturer
- Maximum GPU Maximum GPU temperature (°C): 88
- Total graphics power (Watts): 300
- System Power Requirements (Watts): 750
GeForce RTX 5070
- NVIDIA CUDA cores: 6144
- Tensor Cores (AI): 5th generation 988 AI TOPS
- Ray tracing cores: 4th generation 94 TFLOPS
- Boost frequency (GHz): 2.51
- Base frequency (GHz): 2.16
- Standard memory: 12 GB GDDR7
- Max resolution and refresh rate: 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 120Hz with DSC
- DLSS 4 et Reflex 2
- Length: 242mm
- Width: 112mm
- Maximum GPU Maximum GPU temperature (°C): 85
- Total graphics power (Watts): 250
- System Power Requirements (Watts): 650
