GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE
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GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE and the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and has 21760 texture shaders and 170 execution units.

GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090, which has 21760 shaders and 170 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE GPU GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
GB202-300-A1 GPU Chip GB202-300-A1
Blackwell Architecture Blackwell
170 Streaming Multiprocessors 170
21760 Shader 21760
176 Render Output Units 176
680 Texture Units 680
170 Raytracing Cores 170

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE has 32 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB can access 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.

32 GB Memory Size 32 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR7
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
28.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
1792 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1792 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 512 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE clocks in the base with up to 2.017 GHz. The base frequency of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB is 2.017 GHz.

2.017 GHz Base Clock 2.017 GHz
2.655 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 10 % Boost Clock 2.655 GHzDeviation vs GPU group+ 10 %
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE is 575 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB has a TDP of 575 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

575 W (Reference) TDP 575 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB has 0 -- fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type --
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 --
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Water cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 0 dB

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED GIGABYTE RGB Fusion

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE is 360 mm long, 150 mm high and 75 mm wide.

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB is 235 mm long, 172 mm high and 29 mm wide.

360 mm Length 235 mm
150 mm Height 172 mm
75 mm Width 29 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready Yes

Additional data

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 MASTER ICE was released in Q1/2025 at a price of 2,329 $ (Reference).

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 5090 XTREME WATERFORCE WB was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 2,329 $ (Reference).

GV-N5090AORUSM ICE-32GD Part-no GV-N5090AORUSX WB-32GD
Q1/2025 Release date Q1/2025
2,329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 2,329 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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