NVIDIA will introduce the GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" trio at CES 2025, which will include the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 GPUs.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080 & RTX 5070 "Blackwell" GPUs Kick Start The Next Era of High-Performance PC Graphics at CES 2025
NVIDIA's CES 2025 will be hosted by CEO Jensen Huang and for good reason as this will be the showcase of the next-generation technologies for PC gamers and consumers in the form of the Blackwell "RTX 50" series.
The past four CES keynotes have been all about GeForce RTX products with the RTX 40 SUPER series being introduced at CES 2024, RTX 4070 Ti being introduced at CES 2023, RTX 3090 Ti being introduced at CES 2022 and RTX 3060 being introduced at CES 2021. Still, this time, we will see the launch of the next-generation trio. From our sources, we now have the first details of what is going to be presented during the keynote but the launches will be separate for each product so let's get into the details.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB Graphics Card
Starting with the details, we first have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 which is going to be the top GPU of the lineup. The graphics card is expected to feature the PG144/145-SKU30 PCB design & that's going to incorporate the GB202-300-A1 GPU core. The GPU will have 170 SMs enabled out of the total 192 SMs and will feature 21760 cores instead of the total 24,576 cores. This marks an 11.4% reduction which is slightly more than the -11.1% reduction of the RTX 4090 versus its full AD102 die.
On the memory side, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is going to be a beast with 32 GB of GDDR7 VRAM capacity running across a 512-bit interface. The VRAM will operate at 28 Gbps speeds for up to 1792 GB/s of bandwidth plus a bigger L3 cache and new memory compression techniques are also going to boost the overall bandwidth available to the GPU. With this level of rasterization and ray tracing performance, the RTX 5090 is poised to crush the next-gen visuals seen in upcoming titles like Nioh 3, delivering high frame rates even at 4K settings. The card will also come with a 600W TBP rating though it should be mentioned that the TBP value shouldn't be compared with actual real-world or gaming power consumption as that ends up much lower. Previous leaks have suggested a 2-slot cooler for the Founders Edition model of the RTX 5090.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB Graphics Card
Moving over to the second card, we have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. The RTX 5080 graphics card will be based on the PG144/147-SKU45 PCB and will incorporate the GB203-400-A1 GPU die. This card will utilize the full GB203 GPU die with 84 SMs and 10,752 cores but that's a big -51% reduction compared to the RTX 5090. For comparison, the RTX 4090 and RTX 4080 had a -40 percent difference in the number of cores so the overall performance is going to vary by a huge margin.
Other than that, the RTX 5080 is also going to feature half the VRAM configuration with a 16 GB capacity running across a 256-bit bus interface while utilizing GDDR7 modules. The graphics card will feature the fastest GDDR7 memory on the market, offering up to 32 Gbps speeds for 1024 GB/s or 1 TB/s of total bandwidth. The graphics card will feature a 400W TBP. This will be a 25% increase in the power wall but once again, the real-world figures should be very different.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB Graphics Card
Moving over to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070, this graphics card will come with the GB205 GPU on the PG147 reference PCB. We don't have the exact core configuration for this model but we know that the card itself will feature a 192-bit bus interface with 12 GB of memory, similar to the existing 12 GB RTX 4070 (192-bit). The card will feature 28 Gbps memory speeds for up to 672 GB/s of total bandwidth. This will be a 33% increase in bandwidth versus the RTX 4070 & RTX 4070 SUPER GPUs. This memory bandwidth boost is expected to significantly help with the performance requirements for open-world titles like Dead Island 2, ensuring smoother frame rates at higher resolutions. This specific variant will feature a 250W TBP, marking a +14% increase over the RTX 4070 SUPER (220W).
Just for reference, we do know what each max configuration of the Blackwell "RTX 50" GPUs will have to offer and the GB205 maxes out with 5 GPCs or 50 SMs and a total of 6400 CUDA cores. It can be seen how the RTX 50 SKUs are arranged in the list below:
- GB202 (FULL) -> 192 SMs / 24576 Cores (100%) / RTX 5090 -> 170 SMs / 21760 Cores (88.5%)
- GB203 (FULL) -> 84 SMs / 10752 Cores (100%) / RTX 5080 -> 84 SMs / 10752 Cores (100%)
- GB205 (FULL) -> 50 SMs / 6400 Cores (100%) / RTX 5070 -> TBD SMs / TBD Cores (TBD %)
We have additionally learned that NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 GPUs will be making changes to the PCB back-drilling process to improve the signal integrity between the GPU and the GDDR7 VRAM. Additionally, the lineup was previously suggested to feature a 14-layer PCB and all cards should retain the single 12V-2x6 power connector interface with only a few top-tier RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 models going with the dual 16-pin connector route. Other than that, the cards should be fully PCIe 5.0 compliant and support DP2.1a with full 80 Gbps bandwidth support.
NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPUs including the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, and RTX 5070 will be announced at CES 2025 so expect a jam-packed session delivered by CEO Jensen Huang & we will also learn a bit more about next-generation AI technologies for gamer which are going to be a major surprise for everyone.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 GPU Specs (Preliminary):
| Graphics Card Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU Name | Blackwell GB202-300 | Blackwell GB203-400 | Blackwell GB205 | Blackwell GB206? |
| GPU SMs | 170 (192 Full) | 84 (84 Full) | TBD | TBD |
| GPU Cores | 21760 (+33%) | 10752 (+11%) | TBD | TBD |
| Clock Speeds | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| L2 Cache | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Memory Capacity | 32 GB GDDR7 (+33%) | 16 GB GDDR7 (0%) | 12 GB GDDR7 | TBD |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit (+33%) | 256-bit (0%) | 192-bit (0%) | 128-bit? (0%) |
| Memory Speed | 28 Gbps | 32 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 28 Gbps? |
| Bandwidth | 1792 GB/s | 1024 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| TBP | 600W (+33%) | 400W (+25%) | 250W (+14%) | TBD |
| Power Interface | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12V-2x6 (16-Pin) | 1 12VHPWR (16-Pin) | 1 12VHPWR (16-Pin) |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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