Anticipation for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has been high as consumers expected another record-breaking GPU and we finally have our reveal. Here’s everything we know about this upcoming card, including its price, specifications, and release date.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 has the fastest consumer graphics card on the market for a while, and as such its successor has big shoes to fill. The RTX 5090 is the hotly anticipated follow-up to the RTX 4090, and consumers can expect big things from this upcoming card based on what we’ve seen so far.
Nvidia has finally released the early details on this GPU at CES 2025. Below, we’ve broken down the release date, price, and specs of Nvidia’s latest top-end GPU.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 release date
Nvidia revealed at CES 2025 that the GeForce RTX 5090 will be released on January 30, 2025. This date is not far off the initial leaks that had been reported previously.
According to Taiwanese news publication United Daily News, the RTX 5090 was planned for release in Q4 of 2024. This speculation was only a month out.
The GeForce RTX 5090 is the most powerful GeForce GPU ever made, bringing game-changing capabilities to gamers and creators.The RTX 5090 will be available starting January 30. pic.twitter.com/ddDMbs36Fg
— NVIDIA GeForce (@NVIDIAGeForce) January 7, 2025
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 price
Nvidia has called the RTX 5090 the most powerful GeForce GPU ever made and it has a price to match. The unit will retail for a staggering $1,999.00 (USD) / £1,595.00 (GBP) / $4,039.00 AUD.
Back in 2022, the RTX 4090 released at $1,599.00 (USD) but according to Nvidia, the new 5090 more than justifies the $400.00 jump.
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 specs
The known specs for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 are as follows:
| Card | Specs |
| GPU Chip | GB202-300 |
| Cuda Cores | 21760 |
| Memory | 32 GB GDDR7 |
| Max memory bus | 512-bit |
| Memory speed | 28Gbps |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1792 GB/s |
Nvidia also touted new advancements in its Blackwell AI engine that the company says will work in tandem with the new DLSS 4 to massively outstrip any of its previous hardware.
“The GeForce RTX 5090 GPU — the fastest GeForce RTX GPU to date — features 92 billion transistors, providing over 3,352 trillion AI operations per second (TOPS) of computing power,” an Nvidia spokesperson communicated in a press release. “Blackwell architecture innovations and DLSS 4 mean the GeForce RTX 5090 GPU outperforms the GeForce RTX 4090 GPU by up to two times.”
Should you wait for the RTX 5090?
Customers looking to buy a top-end GPU might be advised to wait until the end of January for the release of the RTX 5090. Those with deep pockets will have a shiny new toy to play with.
Those looking for a bargain could also benefit by snatching up discounted RTX 4090 or RTX 4080 Super cards when retailers look to offload old stock.