Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 power figures just leaked, might still melt

There’s simply been what appears like a mammoth leak of Nvidia’s upcoming RTX “Blackwell” collection of GPUs, which apparently reveals the precise names, energy necessities, and energy connector configurations of the total graphics card lineup. The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 energy leak, comes through energy provide producer Seasonic, with the corporate inadvertently revealing the small print on its web site’s energy provide wattage calculator.

With the RTX 5090 absolutely anticipated to be the brand new finest graphics card you should buy when it launches both later this 12 months or early subsequent 12 months, there’s understandably plenty of hype surrounding its efficiency, worth, and energy. We’ve had loads of hints in regards to the potential efficiency of Nvidia‘s newest GPU, and have loads of fears about its worth, however that is the primary robust signal we’ve had of its energy necessities.

The leak, which remains to be seen on Seasonic’s web site, was noticed by X (previously Twitter) person @Olrak29_ and divulges the identify, TDP, and energy plug configuration of all of the playing cards within the new RTX 50 lineup. TDP stands for thermal design energy and is the trade customary for outlining the anticipated thermal energy output of a part. It’s not a exact measure of the height energy draw of a component, however it provides a normal sense of its utilization.

All it’s a must to do to see these names and numbers is head to the location and choose any CPU on the wattage calculator. Then, once you get to the GPU selector display. you’ll see the total RTX 5000 collection listed proper on the prime of the drop-down menu. Choose any of those choices and the ultimate wattage calculation in your energy provide reveals the cardboard’s identify, its TDP, and energy plug configuration.

The complete vary of recent Nvidia GPU specs retrieved utilizing this instrument is proven under. On this chart, we’ve additionally famous how a lot the TDP of every GPU has modified relative to its RTX 40 collection counterpart.

One of the apparent points of this leak is that the total lineup of playing cards, apart from the RTX 5050 (which doesn’t want any further energy connector), is proven as utilizing a single 12VHPWR connector. Sure, that’s the one which stored inflicting RTX 4090 fires because of the connector changing into overloaded when not seated appropriately. With the RTX 5090 displaying as consuming one other 50W further energy over the RTX 4090, fireplace would seemingly stay a significant concern with these top-end playing cards.

In the meantime, for the remainder of the lineup, it’s fascinating to notice that even the lower-range playing cards nonetheless use this connector. Whereas Nvidia does use the 12VHPWR connector on playing cards resembling its personal RTX 4070 Founders Version, most third-party playing cards have chosen to as a substitute use an older eight-pin PCIe energy connector for this comparatively low-power card.

As such, it’s potential that both Nvidia has turn out to be extra forceful with guaranteeing all playing cards primarily based on its GPUs conform to utilizing the brand new connector, or we are going to nonetheless proceed to see manufacturers utilizing the outdated connectors, and the information on Seasonic’s web site is only a guideline (we suspect it’s the latter).

This leak additionally reveals that the total lineup of playing cards sees a step up in TDP, which can appear to be an apparent change when you consider the anticipated enhance in efficiency that we hope will include these playing cards. Nonetheless, part of the character of enhancing manufacturing expertise is that newer chip designs might be extra environment friendly. As such, we wouldn’t have been in any respect shocked to see a number of the RTX 50 vary keep on the identical TDP and even drop barely.

For essentially the most half, these will increase in TDP aren’t of all that a lot consequence, however the 55W uptick within the RTX 5060 in comparison with the RTX 4060 is an enormous leap. For an entry-level graphics card to extend its TDP by 48% might influence considerably on a PC’s means to ship sufficient juice from its energy provide, or present sufficient cooling.

All informed, with a leak this vital, indicators are constructing that the RTX 5090 launch date is getting ever nearer. It’s nonetheless not a useless certainty that the RTX 5090 or RTX 5080 will arrive this 12 months, however indicators are trying good that in case you’re hoping for a top-tier GPU improve earlier than the 12 months is out, you’ll be in luck.

For extra on what we count on from the RTX 5090, try our RTX 5090 information, and it’s also possible to learn about our prime picks for the most effective PC case and finest PC followers, to ensure you’re all set to maintain your new GPU cool, regardless of how a lot energy it consumes.