NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
The GPU you'd put in a single desktop computer.
GPU memory
32 GB
GPU memory is the "workspace" a graphics card uses to hold an AI model while it runs. If a model is bigger than the available memory, it simply will not fit — like trying to fit a large book on a shelf that's too small. More in the wiki →
Power draw
575 W
Watts measure how much electricity something draws while it's running. More powerful hardware needs more electricity and produces more heat that has to be cooled. More in the wiki →
Ideal cooling
Air-cooled (built-in fans)
The card cools itself with its own fans - your job is a roomy case with clear airflow and a few good case fans. Running flat out, it turns 575 W of electricity into heat that has to go somewhere. We stock matching cooling gear →
Price
$2,999
This is a current typical market price, not a fixed list price — real prices move with supply and demand. Launch price was $1,999 (Jan 2025), but a real, ongoing GDDR7 memory shortage has pushed street prices to roughly $2,999–$5,000+ as of mid-2026. We show the low end of that current range.
What this means in everyday terms
Running one of these draws as much power as about 0.5 average homes running around the clock. A full day of running one uses about 0.15 electric-car batteries worth of energy. An average home draws roughly 1,200 watts around the clock. This compares a build's power draw to that baseline. More in the wiki →
Where these numbers come from
Official NVIDIA spec page (memory, power). Price cross-checked against live Newegg listings and TechPowerUp/Tech4Gamers reporting on the GDDR7 shortage.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5090/