NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 will reach 600W TPD according to the latest leaks

It seems that the next generation of NVIDIA GeForce graphics cards, based on Blackwell architecture, will not exactly stand out for their moderate consumption, but rather the opposite.

According to the latest rumors and leaks collected in igor’s labthe most powerful model of the next generation, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, will have a TDP of no more and no less than 600 W, and its little sister, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, will not be far behind with its 400 W.

As technology and manufacturing processes advance, smaller and more efficient chips can be created, however, in the high-end graphics card market this miniaturization is used to add more power without regard to the energy required.

You only have to look at the evolution of the size of cards and their cooling systems over the last 20 years, going from top-of-the-range models that occupied just one PCIe (or AGP) slot with one or two small fans, to today’s monstrosities with three fans and more than three slots thick.

If these figures and the 600W are confirmed, it’s clear that the RTX 5090 will be a card with fairly powerful power supply requirements, much higher than the 450W of the current RTX 4090. We’ll have to see if any manufacturer dares to launch a variant with even higher TDPs, and also what cooling solution is needed to dissipate so much power.

We expect to learn more details about the new RTX 5000 “Blackwell” at CES 2025 in January.

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