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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50

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July 14, 2024

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Preliminary TDPs of NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPUs including the RTX 5090 & RTX 5080 have been listed by Seasonic.

Seasonic Suggests Higher TDPs For NVIDIA’s Upcoming GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPU Lineup: RTX 5090 At 500W

In addition to the AMD Radeon RX 7000 “RDNA 3” refresh models, the Seasonic Wattage Calculator has also listed the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” gaming GPUs. The manufacturer lists five models which include the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070, RTX 5060, and RTX 5050. Just like the previous post, we should mention that these graphics cards and their associated TDPs are preliminary and should not be considered final specs.

Starting with the top GPUs, we have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 which will be replacing the RTX 4090 as the next-gen flagship. Currently, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has a TDP of 450W and the next-gen model is suggested to go even higher with a 500W TDP, a 50W increase (+11%). NVIDIA is working on brand new cooling solutions and PCB designs for its Blackwell flagships such as the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 so if the company is indeed going for higher power, then the necessary changes will have to be made for the new Founders Edition designs.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has been listed with a TDP of 350W which is once again an increase over the 320W TDPs for the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and RTX 4080. This marks a 30W increase in TDP (+9.3%). The RTX 4080 SUPER was unaffected by the core count and memory spec bump over the Non-SUPER variant but the new Blackwell core might need more power to deliver increased performance.

NVIDIA RTX 5090 – 500W TDP (+50W Compared To RTX 4090 /+11%)
NVIDIA RTX 5080 – 350W TDP (+50W Compared To RTX 4080 /+9.3%)
NVIDIA RTX 5070 – 220W TDP (+50W Compared To RTX 4070 / +10%)
NVIDIA RTX 5060 – 170W TDP (+50W Compared To RTX 4060 Ti / +6.2%)
NVIDIA RTX 5050 – 100W TDP (+50W Compared To RTX 4060 / -13%)

NVIDIA RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPU TDP “Preliminary” (Seasonic):

GPU Name	TDP	Predecessor	TDP	Difference
RTX 5090	500W	RTX 4090	450W	+11%
RTX 5080	350W	RTX 4080	320W	+9.3%
RTX 5070	220W	RTX 4070	200W	+10%
RTX 5060	170W	RTX 4060 Ti	160W	+6.2%
RTX 5050	100W	RTX 4060	115W	-13%

Next up, we have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 which has been listed at 220W and this is the same TDP as the RTX 4070 SUPER but a 20W increase (+10%) over the Non-SUPER variant. The GeForce RTX 5060 is listed at 170W which is 55W higher than the RTX 4060 and 10W higher than the 4060 Ti. This marks the single largest power bump over the predecessor, +48% over the 4060 and +6.25% versus the 4060 Ti. Lastly, there’s the RTX 5050 which is listed at 100W and since there was no RTX 4050 in the previous lineup, we can speculate that this would be the RTX 4060 replacement while the RTX 5060 will be the RTX 4060 Ti replacement.

Besides these, there’s nothing more interesting to go by except the fact that Seasonic mentions that all NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPUs are using a 16-pin connector. This should be the new 12V-2×6 design and not the older 12VHPWR design that caused a lot of issues with the RTX 4090.

Once again, Seasonic is a big PSU manufacturer and they have sources and links to many people including GPU vendors who might tell them early on as to what they are working on. But it’s also entirely possible that all of this data is based on guesses made by the manufacturer. So to say this is real would be unwise at the moment. What we do know from past releases, especially Ada GPUs, is that the TDPs are far from the actual power consumption. The RTX 4090 hardly ever goes above 400W during gaming despite its 450W TDP so that’s worth considering.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPUs are expected to be introduced later this year so expect more information around Q4 2024 as CPU launches will cover most of the Q3 action.