We’re just over a week out from the launch of GeForce RTX 5090 making it almost inevitable that performance benchmarks would lead ahead of time. Case in point, 3DMark results for the graphics card have leaked. Should they hold true, they paint an impressive picture as the new flagship performs substantially faster than its predecessor.
Speaking to “a few reviewers”, Videocardz has obtained GeForce RTX 5090 scores across a suite of 3DMark benchmarks. The most intense of the selection, Speed Way and Steel Nomad, show the card has serious rendering chops in both ray traced and rasterized workloads. In the former test, it outpaces RTX 4090 by a respectable 43% but it’s much faster in the latter as its delivers a whopping 53% uplift.
While these results are naturally exciting, they don’t make it easy to forget GeForce RTX 5090’s $1,999 MSRP. As a reminder, this makes it 25% more expensive that RTX 4090 ($1,599). It’s also worth remembering that these synthetic benchmarks aren’t entirely indicative of real-world performance, diminishing their allure. Reviews will arrive soon though including one from Club386.
In the meantime, it’s worth considering Nvidia’s in-house results. Companies often cherry-pick these benchmarks as best case scenarios, so it’s safe to presume that GeForce RTX 5090 will deliver around a 32% boost at best. I’m hopeful that the card delivers somewhere in the range of 20-30% generational performance improvements on average, as anything less simply wouldn’t appeal to me.
Regardless of its reception, though, there are signs that GeForce RTX 50 Series stock shortages could be just around the corner. This will be the fastest graphics card on the market, bar none, with our without DLSS 4 behind it. So, if you want one, best to promptly prepare yourself and your bank balance for the January 30 launch.
