Learn what makes the new NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 series tick in our RTX Blackwell graphics arcitecture deep dive.

For many, specs will be the main point of comparison between the RTX 5090 and RTX 4090. That makes sense given that the Blackwell GPU will use a shiny new architecture paired with 32GB of faster GDDR7 VRAM and enhanced AI abilities, but it's worth noting that on-paper figures don't always translate performance-wise.

On January 6, 2025, NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang took to the CES 2025 stage to unveil the RTX Blackwell, a new series of graphics cards from the company. This family of GPUs is the RTX 50-series of cards:

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang revealed the RTX 50-series GPUs during a CES keynote this evening, announcing a $1,999 RTX 5090, a $999 RTX 5080, a $749 RTX 5070 Ti, and a $549 RTX 5070. Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 GPUs will both be available on January 30th, with the RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 to follow in February.

The standout feature of these gaming laptops is their impressive performance, rivalling that of more expensive last-gen models