Nvidia RTX 5090 rumor suggests the flagship GPU might not consume as much power as previously claimed – but don’t get too excited
- The Nvidia RTX 5090 was rumored to consume 600W in the past
- A leak on X has suggested it could use ‘slightly’ less power
- This comes with the assurance that the RTX 5070 Ti won’t be a power hog
Nvidia’s RTX 5090 may not be as much of a power hog as some PC gamers fear, based on the latest nugget from the GPU grapevine.
As you may recall, the rumor mill has previously insisted that Blackwell’s flagship graphics card could tip the scales towards a significant 600W power draw.
According to some new information from regular leaker on
This information appeared in a thread on
Kopite7kimi noted that while 350W is a possible configuration Nvidia is exploring, the last the leaker heard is that it will be 285W, so significantly less – prompting one X user to wonder if the power consumption of the RTX 5090 perhaps has been revised down too (from 600W).
The leaker responded to indicate that this “might” be the case, although it could only be a “slight decrease” in the power pumped through the next-generation flagship.
Analysis: You still need a powerful power supply
Obviously take all of this with great relish, but no doubt PC enthusiasts looking at this mighty next-generation flagship will accept anything that remotely seems like good news for the RTX 5090’s power consumption.
The catch is that the leakage sounds uncertain, and if there is any downward movement, it’s probably not much. So maybe we’re looking at 570W or 580W? Or something more towards 550W if we’re lucky, maybe? Obviously it’s guesswork at this point, and Nvidia may not have finalized the exact specs itself yet (or, more likely, just did, perhaps – and the rumor mill has yet to catch up).
With the RTX 5090 theoretically about to launch in a few weeks at CES 2025, everything on the board is likely nailed down now, and we could hear even more definitive sounding leaks in the coming week. While the flagship is expected to be a seriously powerful graphics card, aside from power consumption concerns, the other big concern is price – and how far Nvidia could push that.
We can believe 550W power consumption much more easily than Nvidia sticking to the same MSRP as the RTX 4090, and not going over it at all, so to speak.