NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50

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

Seasonic Offers High 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” upgrade models, the Seasonic Wattage Calculator also lists NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” gaming GPUs. The manufacturer lists five models including the GeForce RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070, RTX 5060, and RTX 5050. Just like in the previous post, we should mention that these graphics cards and the related TDPs belong to first and should not be considered final. comments.

Starting with the top GPUs, we have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 which will be replacing the RTX 4090 in the next version. Currently, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 has a TDP of 450W and the next version is recommended to go even higher with a 500W TDP, an increase of 50W (+ 11%). NVIDIA is working on new cooling solutions and PCB designs for its Blackwell flagships such as RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 so if the company really wants high power, then the necessary changes will have to made for new Designer Edition designs.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is listed with a TDP of 350W which is also an increase over the 320W TDPs for the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and RTX 4080. This represents a 30W increase in TDP (+9.3%). The RTX 4080 SUPER was not affected by the number of cores and a certain amount of memory over the Non-SUPER version but the new Blackwell core may require more power to provide more 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):

Next, we have the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 listed at 220W and this is the same TDP as the RTX 4070 SUPER but an increase of 20W (+ 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 increase over its predecessor, +48% over the 4060 and +6.25% against the 4060 Ti. Finally, there is an RTX 5050 listed at 100W and since there was no RTX 4050 in the previous list, we can guess that this would be the RTX 4060 replacement while the RTX 5060 will be the RTX 4060 Ti replacement.

Apart from these, there is nothing more interesting than the fact that Seasonic claims that all NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” Gaming GPUs use a 16-pin connector. This should be the new 12V-2×6 design and not the old 12VHPWR design that caused so many issues with the RTX 4090.

Also, Seasonic is a major PSU manufacturer and they have sources and connections to many people including GPU vendors who can tell them in advance what they are working on. But it is also possible that all this data is based on estimates made by the manufacturer. So to say this is true would be unwise at this point. What we know from previous updates, especially Ada GPUs, is that TDPs are far from true power consumption. The RTX 4090 never exceeded 400W during gaming even with a 450W TDP so it’s worth considering.

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

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50 “Blackwell” GPU Configurations:

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