GeForce RTX 5090 & RTX 5080: Tests should appear on January 24 and 30, 2025 122 comments
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Nvidia introduced the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070. The two most powerful Blackwell graphics cards are expected to be sold at the end of January. The information now available will help clarify when the first independent test reports and benchmarks can be expected.
Tests on January 24 and 30, 2025
As expected, Nvidia presents the GeForce RTX 50 series at CES 2025 with GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 for desktops and laptops, as well as the new DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation and Reflex 2 with Frame Warp introduced.
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We already knew that the two high-end models GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 would go on sale on January 30.
However, the question of when the first tests and benchmarks can be expected remains open. Today, VideoCardz claims to have learned from a reliable source that the NDA on reviews of the high-end RTX 5090 model will expire on January 24, which is the following Friday. Tests of the RTX 5080 are not expected until almost a week later, on January 30, the day of the market launch. In both cases, the testing embargo for Founders Edition and custom designs ends at the same time.
The RTX 5080 BIOS arrived (too) late
The uneven delay can sometimes be understood as a clue as to which model Nvidia hopes to deliver better reporting. In fact, that wasn’t the original plan, according to VideoCardz. A few weeks ago, Nvidia planned an embargo on the review of the GeForce RTX 5080 until January 21, as rumors had also sometimes reported.
However, the date was postponed at the insistence of board partners, as Nvidia only released the final RTX 5080 BIOS to manufacturers of the custom designs during the last week of December due to difficulties not revealed. However, this made it difficult, if not impossible, to get the graphics cards to testers in time before mid-January. Nine extra days of wiggle room was the obvious solution.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 – Specifications RTX 5090 RTX 5080 RTX 5070 Ti Architecture RTX 5070 Blackwell GPU GB202* GB203* GB205* TSMC 4nm 92 billion* transistor manufacturing? Chip size 744 mm²* 377 mm²* ? SM 170 84 70 48 ALU FP32 21,760 10,752 8,960 6,144 RT 170 cores, 4th generation* 84, 4th generation* 70, 4th generation* 48, 4th generation* AI cores 680, 5th generation* 336, 5th generation* 280 , 5th generation* 192, 5th generation* Base clock 2010 MHz 2300 MHz 2300 MHz 2160 MHz Boost clock 2410 MHz 2620 MHz 2450 MHz 2510 MHz Performance FP32 104.8 TFLOPS* 56.28 TFLOPS* 44. 35 TFLOPS* 30.84 TFLOPS* FP16 performance 104.8 TFLOPS* 56.28 TFLOPS* 44.35 TFLOPS* 30.84 TFLOPS* FP16 performance
via Tensor? Texture Units 680* 336* 280* 192* ROP? L2 cache? Memory 32 GB GDDR7 16 GB GDDR7 12 GB GDDR7 – throughput 28 Gbps 30 Gbps 28 Gbps – interface 512-bit 256-bit 192-bit – bandwidth 1792 GB/s 960 GB/s 896 GB/s 672 GB /s Connection per PCIe 5.0 × 16 engine slot video 3 × NVENC
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2 × NVDEC
(6th generation) 2 × NVENC
(9th generation)
2 × NVDEC
(6th generation) 2 × NVENC
(9th generation)
1 × NVDEC
(6th generation) 1 × NVENC
(9th generation)
1 × NVDEC
(6th generation) TDP 575 watts 360 watts 300 watts 250 watts Market launch January 30, 2025 February 2025 Recommended price €2,329 €1,169 €879 €649 *not officially confirmed
RTX 5090, 5080, 5070 Ti and 5070 in the podcast
In the Techconseil CB-Funk podcast, Jan and Fabian analyze what is already known and what is not known about the new generation and, in addition to the well-founded first considerations about the performance of the rasterizer, also discuss the many new software functions available. appear for older RTX graphics cards.
CB radio can not only be streamed via the built-in Podigee player, but also easily subscribed and listened to in the podcast apps of your choice. The Techconseil podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and Deezer. CB radio can also be integrated into most podcast players via RSS. The corresponding URL is: https://TechAstuce.podigee.io/feed/opus.
Topics: Graphics cards GeForce GeForce RTX 50 Nvidia Nvidia Blackwell Source: Videocardz
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