Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 costs as much as a whole gaming PC—but it sure is fast
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Summary
Nvidia’s newly launched GeForce RTX 5090 is so expensive that one could build a PC with its next-fastest GPU, the $999 RTX 5080, for the same price or less, making it incredibly unaffordable for the masses.
It is faster and more unique than other GPUs, featuring Nvidia’s DLSS Multi-Frame Generation, but its Founders Edition design leaves much to be desired among buyers.
The Rx 5090 has 512-bit memory bandwidth, with a memory size of 32GB GDDR7, a boost clock of 2,410 MHz, and CUDA cores of 21,760
Similarly, the RTX 4090 has a memory bandwidth of 256-bit, 16GBGDDR6X memory size, a boost clock of 2,617 MHz, and 10,752 CUDA cores.
The RTX 4080 Super has a memory bandwidth of 256-bit, 16GBGDDR6X memory size, a boost clock of 2,550 MHz, and 10,240 CUDA cores.
It is unclear whether the Rx 5090’s unique features and impressive speeds justify its extraordinary cost.