As anticipated, Nvidia Monday kicked off its CES 2025 keynote by unveiling the new RTX Blackwell family of GPUs. The centerpiece of the line is the RTX 5090. The card bears a striking resemblance to its predecessor, but now sports, 92 billion transistors, 4,000 AT TOPS, 380 ray-tracing TFLOPS, and 1.8 TB/s bandwidth.
Impressive Features of RTX 5090
The RTX 5090 offered up some truly impressive real-time demos at the evening’s keynote, featuring deeply detailed graphics with complex textures and full ray tracing. Nvidia claims that the new premium GPU is capable of outperforming the 4090 by as much as 2x.
Pricing and Availability
The RTX 5090 runs a whopping $2,000. The RTX 8050, 5070 Ti, and 5070, meanwhile, run $999, $749, and $549, respectively. Laptops featuring the 5070 will cost hundreds less than the standalone 5090. The top end Blackwell GPU laptops will be available starting at just under $3,000.
Release Dates and Manufacturers
Laptops featuring the 5090, 5080, and 5070 Ti will be available beginning in March. RTX 5070 laptops arrive the following month. Manufacturers like Acer, ASUS, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, and Razer have all designed notebooks featuring the new GPUs.
AI-Driven Advancements
The company adds that the RTX 50 series “delivers breakthroughs in AI-driven rendering, including neural shaders, digital human technologies, geometry, and lighting.” After years of supply chain issues and increased AI-driven demand, Nvidia is confident in its ability to meet manufacturing demands this time around.
CEO's Statement
CEO Jensen Huang insists that the Nvidia RTX Blackwell GPUs are a game-changer for PC gamers, developers, and creatives. The fusion of AI-driven neural rendering and ray tracing is hailed as the most significant computer graphics innovation since the introduction of programmable shading 25 years ago.
“We used GeForce to enable AI,” Huang noted, “and now AI is revolutionizing GeForce.”
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