RTX 5090 Specifications – Performance, Clocks, Memory & Board Designs

February 14, 2026

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is an enthusiast-class graphics card from NVIDIA, launched on 30 January 2025. Built on a 5 nm process and based on the GB202 GPU in its GB202-300-A1 variant, it fully supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, ensuring compatibility with all modern games. This also enables advanced features such as hardware-accelerated ray tracing, variable rate shading, and other next-generation graphics technologies.

GB202

Graphics Processor

21,760

Cores

680

TMUs

176

ROPs

32 GB

Memory Size

GDDR7

Memory Type

512 bit

Bus Width

The GB202 chip is a large die, measuring 750 mm² and packing 92.2 billion transistors. It offers 21,760 shading units, 680 texture mapping units (TMUs) and 176 render output units (ROPs). For AI and machine learning workloads, the card includes 680 Tensor Cores, alongside 170 dedicated ray tracing (RT) cores for improved real-time ray-traced performance. NVIDIA pairs this with 32 GB of ultra-fast GDDR7 memory on a 512-bit bus, delivering massive bandwidth. The GPU runs at a base clock of 2017 MHz, boosting up to 2407 MHz, while the memory operates at 1750 MHz (28 Gbps effective).

Despite its enormous performance, the RTX 5090 uses a dual-slot design and draws power via a single 16-pin connector, with a rated maximum power draw of 575 W. It connects over a PCI Express 5.0 x16 interface and provides modern display outputs: one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b ports. The card measures 304 × 137 × 40 mm and uses a dual-slot cooling solution, firmly positioning it as a flagship option for high-end gaming and professional workloads.

Graphics Processor

Spec	Details
GPU Name	GB202
GPU Variant	GB202-300-A1
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0
Foundry	TSMC
Process Type	4N FinFET
Process Size	5 nm
Transistors	92,200 million
Transistor Density	122.9M / mm²
Die Size	750 mm²

Graphics Card

Spec	Details
Release Date	30 Jan 2025
Announced	6 Jan 2025
Generation	GeForce 50
Predecessor	GeForce 40
Production	Active
Driver Support	Active
Launch Price	£1,999 (launch pricing)
Current Price	Box.co.uk
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16

Relative Performance (GeForce RTX 5090 = 100%)

#	Graphics Card	Performance
1	GeForce RTX 5090	100%
2	GeForce RTX 4090	76%
3	GeForce RTX 5080	66%
4	GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	59%
5	GeForce RTX 4080	58%
6	Radeon RX 7900 XTX	58%
7	GeForce RTX 5070 Ti	57%
8	Radeon RX 9070 XT	55%
9	Radeon RX 7900 XT	50%
10	GeForce RTX 3090 Ti	49%
11	GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER	49%
12	Radeon RX 9070	49%
13	GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	45%
14	GeForce RTX 5070	45%
15	GeForce RTX 3090	44%
16	GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	43%
17	GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	42%
18	Radeon RX 7900 GRE	41%
19	Radeon RX 6950 XT	41%
20	GeForce RTX 4070	40%
21	Radeon RX 6900 XT	40%
22	GeForce RTX 3080	39%
23	Radeon RX 7800 XT	39%
24	Radeon RX 6800 XT	38%
25	GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB	35%
26	GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB	35%
27	Radeon RX 7700 XT	34%
28	Radeon RX 9060 XT 16 GB	33%
29	GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	33%
30	Radeon RX 6800	32%
31	Radeon RX 9060 XT 8 GB	31%
32	GeForce RTX 3070	31%
33	GeForce RTX 2080 Ti	31%
34	GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB	31%
35	GeForce RTX 5060	30%
36	Radeon RX 6750 XT	29%
37	GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	27%
38	Radeon RX 6700 XT	27%
39	GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	25%
40	Radeon RX 7600 XT	24%
41	GeForce RTX 4060	24%
42	Arc B580	24%
43	GeForce RTX 5050	24%
44	GeForce RTX 2080	24%
45	Radeon RX 6650 XT	23%
46	Radeon RX 7600	23%
47	GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER	22%
48	GeForce GTX 1080 Ti	22%
49	Arc A770	22%
50	GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB	21%

Clock Speeds

Spec	Clock Speed
Base Clock	2017 MHz
Boost Clock	2407 MHz
Memory Clock	1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed	28 Gbps (effective)

Memory

Spec	Details
Memory Size	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR7
Memory Bus	512 bit
Memory Bandwidth	1.79 TB/s

Render Config

Spec	Details
Shading Units (CUDA Cores)	21,760
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs)	680
Render Output Units (ROPs)	176
Streaming Multiprocessors (SM Count)	170
Tensor Cores	680
Ray Tracing Cores (RT Cores)	170
L1 Cache	128 KB per SM
L2 Cache	96 MB

Theoretical Performance

Spec	Performance
Pixel Rate	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	1,636.8 GTexel/s
FP16 (half precision)	104.8 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (single precision)	104.8 TFLOPS
FP64 (double precision)	1.637 TFLOPS (1:64)

Graphics Features

Feature	Version / Support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.4
CUDA	12.0
Shader Model	6.8

Board Design

Spec	Details
Slot Width	Dual-slot
Length	304 mm (12 inches)
Height	137 mm (5.4 inches)
Width	40 mm (1.6 inches)
Weight	1814 g
TDP	575 W
Suggested PSU	950 W
Outputs	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin
Board Number	PG145 SKU 30

GB202 GPU Notes

Feature	Details
Ray Tracing Cores	4th Gen
Tensor Cores	5th Gen
NVENC	9th Gen
NVDEC	6th Gen
PureVideo HD	VP11
VDPAU	Feature Set K
Windows 10 / 11 Drivers	GeForce, Quadro & Data Center releases
GeForce Release	Latest
Quadro Release	Latest
Data Center Release	Latest

Retail RTX 5090 Boards

Name	GPU Clock	Boost Clock	Memory Clock	Other Changes
AFOX RTX 5090	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	–
ASUS ProArt RTX 5090 OC Edition	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	1x HDMI 2x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C
ASUS ROG Astral LC RTX 5090	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	288 mm/11.3 inches, 2050 g, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 OC Edition	2017 MHz	2580 MHz	1750 MHz	288 mm/11.3 inches, 2050 g, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, 3038 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 BTF	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 BTF OC Edition	2017 MHz	2580 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 Dhahab OC Edition	2017 MHz	2580 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 G700	2017 MHz	2437 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 OC Edition	2017 MHz	2580 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, 3038 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 WHITE	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Astral RTX 5090 WHITE OC Edition	2017 MHz	2580 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS ROG Matrix Platinum RTX 5090 30th Anniversary Edition	2017 MHz	2730 MHz	1750 MHz	358 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5090	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	348 mm/13.7 inches, 2317 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
ASUS TUF Gaming RTX 5090 OC Edition	2017 MHz	2550 MHz	1750 MHz	348 mm/13.7 inches, 2317 g, Quad-slot, 2x HDMI 3x DisplayPort
Dell RTX 5090	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	–
Gainward RTX 5090 Phantom	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	332 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
Gainward RTX 5090 Phantom GS	2017 MHz	2527 MHz	1750 MHz	332 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
GALAX RTX 5090 1-Click OC	2017 MHz	2422 MHz	1750 MHz	326 mm/12.8 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 AI BOX	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	189 mm/7.4 inches, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C 2x Thunderbolt
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 INFINITY	2017 MHz	2655 MHz	1750 MHz	330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 MASTER	2017 MHz	2655 MHz	1750 MHz	360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 MASTER ICE	2017 MHz	2655 MHz	1750 MHz	360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 STEALTH ICE	2017 MHz	2655 MHz	1750 MHz	360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE	2017 MHz	2655 MHz	1750 MHz	220 mm/8.7 inches
GIGABYTE AORUS RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB	2017 MHz	2655 MHz	1750 MHz	234 mm/9.2 inches
GIGABYTE RTX 5090 GAMING OC	2017 MHz	2550 MHz	1750 MHz	340 mm/13.4 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE RTX 5090 WINDFORCE	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	342 mm/13.5 inches, Triple-slot
GIGABYTE RTX 5090 WINDFORCE OC	2017 MHz	2467 MHz	1750 MHz	342 mm/13.5 inches, Triple-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 iCHILL FROSTBITE	2017 MHz	2467 MHz	1750 MHz	204 mm/8 inches
Inno3D RTX 5090 iCHILL FROSTBITE PRO	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	223 mm/8.8 inches, Single-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 iCHILL X3	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	334 mm/13.1 inches, Quad-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 X3	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	333 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 X3 OC	2017 MHz	2452 MHz	1750 MHz	333 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
Inno3D RTX 5090 X3 OC WHITE	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	333 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
KFA2 RTX 5090 1-Click OC	2017 MHz	2422 MHz	1750 MHz	326 mm/12.8 inches, Triple-slot
Leadtek WinFast RTX 5090 HURRICANE	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	360 mm/14.2 inches, Quad-slot
Manli Gallardo RTX 5090 OC	2017 MHz	2482 MHz	1750 MHz	359 mm/14.1 inches, Triple-slot
Manli Nebula RTX 5090	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	345 mm/13.6 inches, Triple-slot
Manli Stellar RTX 5090 OC	2017 MHz	2437 MHz	1750 MHz	360 mm/14.2 inches, Triple-slot
Manli White Gallardo RTX 5090 OC	2017 MHz	2482 MHz	1750 MHz	359 mm/14.1 inches, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 GAMING TRIO	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	359 mm/14.1 inches, 2119 g, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 GAMING TRIO OC	2017 MHz	2482 MHz	1750 MHz	359 mm/14.1 inches, 2119 g, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X	2017 MHz	2565 MHz	1750 MHz	260 mm/10.2 inches, Triple-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C, 1000 W
MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z	2017 MHz	2730 MHz	1750 MHz	260 mm/10.2 inches, Triple-slot, 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C, 1000 W
MSI RTX 5090 LIGHTNING Z OCER	2017 MHz	2730 MHz	1750 MHz	1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C, 2500 W
MSI RTX 5090 Special Edition Air Cooling	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	357 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 Special Edition Liquid Cooling	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	357 mm/14.1 inches, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID OC	2017 MHz	2482 MHz	1750 MHz	280 mm/11 inches, 2913 g
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM LIQUID SOC	2017 MHz	2527 MHz	1750 MHz	280 mm/11 inches, 2913 g
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM OC	2017 MHz	2482 MHz	1750 MHz	359 mm/14.1 inches, 2839 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 SUPRIM SOC	2017 MHz	2565 MHz	1750 MHz	359 mm/14.1 inches, 2839 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VANGUARD OC	2017 MHz	2482 MHz	1750 MHz	357 mm/14.1 inches, 2707 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VANGUARD SOC	2017 MHz	2512 MHz	1750 MHz	357 mm/14.1 inches, 2707 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VANGUARD SOC LAUNCH EDITION	2017 MHz	2512 MHz	1750 MHz	357 mm/14.1 inches, 2707 g, Quad-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VENTUS 3X	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	325 mm/12.8 inches, 1875 g, Triple-slot
MSI RTX 5090 VENTUS 3X OC	2017 MHz	2437 MHz	1750 MHz	325 mm/12.8 inches, 1875 g, Triple-slot
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Cyberpunk 2077 Edition	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	–
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	–
Palit RTX 5090 GameRock	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	332 mm/13.1 inches, 2231 g, Triple-slot
Palit RTX 5090 GameRock OC	2017 MHz	2527 MHz	1750 MHz	332 mm/13.1 inches, 2231 g, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 ARGB EPIC-X Overclocked Triple Fan	2017 MHz	2625 MHz	1750 MHz	329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 ARGB EPIC-X Triple Fan	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 Overclocked Triple Fan	2017 MHz	2527 MHz	1750 MHz	329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
PNY RTX 5090 Triple Fan	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	329 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 AMP Extreme INFINITY	2017 MHz	2467 MHz	1750 MHz	332 mm/13.1 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 ARCTICSTORM AIO	2017 MHz	2437 MHz	1750 MHz	252 mm/9.9 inches
ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID	2017 MHz	2407 MHz	1750 MHz	330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID OC	2017 MHz	2422 MHz	1750 MHz	330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot
ZOTAC RTX 5090 SOLID OC White Edition	2017 MHz	2422 MHz	1750 MHz	330 mm/13 inches, Triple-slot