NVIDIA revealed its next-generation GeForce RTX 50 Series graphics cards at CES 2025, powered by the new Blackwell architecture. The lineup will hit stores this January with prices ranging from $549 to $1,999.
The flagship RTX 5090 leads the pack with 92 billion transistors and 3,352 TOPS of AI computing power. NVIDIA claims it delivers up to twice the performance of the previous RTX 4090. The complete desktop lineup includes:
- RTX 5090: $1,999
- RTX 5080: $999
- RTX 5070 Ti: $749
- RTX 5070: $549
A key advancement is DLSS 4, which can generate up to three AI frames for every rendered frame, boosting performance up to 8x compared to traditional rendering. The new GPUs also feature NVIDIA's first real-time implementation of transformer model architecture for improved graphics quality.
The RTX 50 Series introduces RTX Neural Shaders, bringing AI capabilities directly into programmable shaders. This enables enhanced character rendering, ray-traced hair and skin, and up to 100x more ray-traced triangles in game scenes.
Laptop versions will follow in March, ranging from $1,299 for RTX 5070 models to $2,899 for RTX 5090 configurations. The mobile variants promise up to 40% better battery life through improved Max-Q technology.
The new cards mark the industry's transition to GDDR7 memory, offering improved performance and power efficiency over the GDDR6X used in previous generations.
NVIDIA's announcement comes alongside AMD's reveal of their RDNA 4 architecture and upcoming Radeon RX 9070 series, setting up an interesting competition in the high-end GPU market for 2025.