MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X
Benchmark and Specs
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Benchmark and Specs
Here you will find all technical data as well as various benchmarks of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X. Up to 4 screens with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 can be operated with this graphics card. The maximum turbo clock of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X is 2.565 GHz, so the graphics card achieves an FP32 computing power of 111.68 TFLOPS.
GPUThe MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X is equipped with 170 execution and 21760 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 111.68 TFLOPS is achieved. |
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| Based on: | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
| GPU Chip: | GB202-300-A1 (Blackwell) |
| Streaming Multiprocessors: | 170 |
| Shader: | 21760 |
| Render Output Units: | 176 |
| Texture Units: | 680 |
| Raytracing Cores: | 170 |
MemoryThe MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X has a 512 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s is achieved. In total, 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory is available for the graphics card. |
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| Memory Size: | 32 GB |
| Memory Type: | GDDR7 |
| Memory Clock: | 1.750 GHz |
| Memory Speed: | 28.0 Gbps |
| Memory bandwidth: | 1792 GB/s |
| Memory Interface: | 512 bit |
Clock SpeedsThe manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X with 2.017 GHz (base clock) or with 2.565 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further. |
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| Base Clock: | 2.017 GHz |
| Boost Clock: | 2.565 GHz + 7 % |
| Avg (Game) Clock: | |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
Thermal DesignThe MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X has 2 x 16-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C. |
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| TDP: | 800 W+ 39 % |
| TDP (up): | 1000 W+ 67 % |
| Tjunction max: | 90 °C |
| PCIe-Power: | 2 x 16-Pin |
Cooler & FansThe MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X is equipped with 3 Axial (Radiator) main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory. |
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| Fan-Type: | Axial (Radiator) |
| Fan 1: | 3 x 120 mm |
| Fan 2: | -- |
| Cooler-Type: | Air cooling |
| Noise (Idle): | 0 dB / Silent |
| Noise (Load): | -- |
ConnectivityUp to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.3 version. |
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| Max. Displays: | 4 |
| HDCP-Version: | 2.3 |
| HDMI Ports: | 1x HDMI v2.1b |
| DP Ports: | 3x DP v2.1b |
| DVI Ports: | -- |
| VGA Ports: | -- |
| USB-C Ports: | -- |
FeaturesetThe MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12_2 (Ultimate). |
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| Max. resolution: | 7680x4320 |
| DirectX: | 12_2 (Ultimate) |
| Raytracing: | Yes |
| DLSS / FSR: | Yes |
| LED: | MSI Mystic Light |
Supported Video CodecsHere is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X in hardware in order to minimize the processor load. |
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| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | Decode / Encode |
DimensionsThe dimensions of the MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X are 260 mm in length, 151 mm in height and 61 mm in width. Thus 3 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case. |
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| Length: | 260 mm |
| Height: | 151 mm |
| Width: | 61 mm |
| Width (Slots): | 3 PCIe-Slots |
| Weight: | -- |
| SFF-Ready: | No |
Additional dataThe MSI GeForce RTX 5090 LIGHTNING X is manufactured in a structure width of 5 nm and has a PCIe 5 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q1/2026. |
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| GPU Interface: | PCIe 5 x 16 |
| Release date: | Q1/2026 |
| Launch Price: | 2,329 $ (Reference) |
| Structure size: | 5 nm |
| Part-no: | -- |
| Documents: | data sheet |
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Benchmark results
3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
Time Spy Extreme Graphics score
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Steel Nomad Light Graphics score
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Steel Nomad Graphics score
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32 GB GDDR7 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Port Royal (Raytracing)
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32 GB GDDR7 |
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Solar Bay (Raytracing)
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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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