Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power draw could be lower than expected, suggests leak

We’re mere weeks away from the anticipated launch of Nvidia’s RTX 5000 sequence of gaming GPUs, and whereas we’ve seen dozens of leaks associated to the launch over the previous few months, that doesn’t imply there isn’t room for a number of extra surprises. One such shock might be that after months of rumors hinting that the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 energy consumption might be as excessive as 600W, one leaker is now suggesting that gained’t be the case.

The RTX 5090 is anticipated to inherit the most effective graphics card crown from its predecessor, the RTX 4090, thanks largely to its rumored 50% enhance in CUDA cores. Nonetheless, many potential consumers might be hoping the brand new Nvidia card doesn’t stretch a lot past the 450W energy score of the RTX 4090 – and thus presumably require the acquisition of a brand new energy provide – and this newest leak offers them a smidge of hope.

The colossally excessive 600W energy draw determine has been speculated on the again of quite a few rumors, with probably the most outstanding being by common tech leaker kopite7kimi on X (previously Twitter), who stated again in September that the brand new RTX 5090 energy draw can be over 550W. That already left loads of room for the ability draw score to fall beneath 600W, however many believed it might transcend this determine.

Nonetheless, it’s kopite7kimi once more that has now advised the ability draw will certainly are available in at beneath 600W. Responding to a reply to a different tweet in regards to the RTX 5070 that requested “5090 Nonetheless 600W?”, kopite7kimi replied, “There could also be a slight lower.”

What’s attention-grabbing about this phrasing is that it suggests the decrease determine is in reality a change in plans on Nvidia’s half. Given how a lot lead time is required to develop graphics playing cards, it appears unlikely that Nvidia would have made a big change at this stage, but it surely’s doable. In any case, it’s straightforward to make a card run a bit slower, and thus cooler with decrease energy consumption. It’s getting extra energy out of a card at this late stage that may be notably troublesome. Nonetheless, it’s additionally doable kopite7kimi was simply utilizing a barely odd flip of phrase to explain the state of affairs.

What’s additionally doable is that this transformation might be a token one, making the official determine 599W, for example, simply to sneak in beneath that alarming 600W marker. If that had been the case, it wouldn’t change the doable want for many people to improve our PC energy provides, with it seemingly {that a} 1,000W+ provide can be stipulated to be used with these playing cards. Certainly, it’s notable simply what number of new energy provides have not too long ago been launched which are rated to nicely past 1200W.

In the end, we’ll discover out the true state of affairs on the Nvidia CES 2025 keynote on January 6 the place the corporate is anticipated to unveil the brand new card. For extra on what we will anticipate from the brand new GPU, try our RTX 5090 information, which explains the rumored card’s specs, efficiency, value, and extra.