NVIDIA held a consumer AI showcase event in Kuala Lumpur last week, demonstrating a significant leap forward in gaming, content creation, and artificial intelligence capabilities for mobile users.
The lineup, featuring the RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070 Ti, and RTX 5070, boasts remarkable performance gains. Notably, the RTX 50 Series aims to deliver RTX 4090-level performance at half the power consumption. This efficiency is achieved through the Blackwell MAX-Q technology, which offers twice the power efficiency compared to previous generations.
Gamers can expect up to 2x faster performance and the ability to handle 2x larger AI models, thanks to the 5th Gen Tensor Cores delivering an impressive 1,800 AI TOPS and high-speed FP4. The introduction of DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation is set to revolutionize gaming visuals, offering up to 8x faster performance compared to native rendering. Initial benchmarks showcased a significant performance uplift in titles like Horizon Forbidden West when utilizing DLSS 4.
Content creators will also benefit immensely from the RTX 50 Series, with NVIDIA claiming up to 40% faster video editing. The Blackwell architecture incorporates enhanced video encoding and decoding capabilities with 2x NVDEC and 3x NVENC, supporting 4:2:2 chroma subsampling.
A key highlight of the Blackwell architecture is its deep integration of AI into the graphics pipeline. The introduction of “Blackwell Neural Shaders” brings AI capabilities directly to shaders, enabling features like Neural Textures, Neural Materials, Neural Volumes, Neural Radiance Fields, and Neural Radiance Cache. This innovation, according to NVIDIA, is poised to unlock the next two decades of graphics innovation, building upon the foundation laid by programmable shaders two decades prior.
Furthermore, the RTX 50 Series laptops promise significant improvements in battery life, with claims of up to 40% more compared to previous generations. Despite the performance boost, these laptops will be remarkably thin, starting at just 14.9mm.
NVIDIA has partnered with all major Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), with laptops from Acer (Predator Helios 16 AI), ASUS (ROG Zephyrus G16), Dell (Alienware 16 Area-51), Gigabyte (AERO X16), HP (OMEN MAX 16), Lenovo (Legion 7i Pro), MSI (Stealth 16 AI), and Razer (Blade 16) expected to be among the first to feature the new RTX 50 Series.
Pricing for the RTX 50 Series laptops will start at $1299, with specific models priced as follows:
- RTX 5070: $1299 (798 AI TOPS, 8GB VRAM)
- RTX 5070 Ti: $1599 (992 AI TOPS, 12GB VRAM)
- RTX 5080: $2199 (1,334 AI TOPS, 16GB VRAM)
- RTX 5090: $2899 (1,824 AI TOPS, 24GB VRAM)
NVIDIA positions the RTX 50 Series as a “Quantum Leap for Millions of Gamers,” offering significantly improved performance compared to older RTX 30 Series and even the RTX 40 Series in various applications, including gaming (both with DLSS and native rendering), 3D rendering, video editing, generative AI, and battery life.
The announcement underscores NVIDIA’s commitment to pushing the boundaries of mobile computing, bringing desktop-class performance and cutting-edge AI capabilities to a new generation of laptops.
