
Nvidia has announced the RTX 50-series (Blackwell) GPUs for laptops in parallel with its desktop family, promising a substantial lift in performance while preserving efficiency. Blackwell on mobile extends to the RTX 5090 laptop, featuring a massive 24GB VRAM, 50% more than the last generation. Retail availability is expected by March and April, and we're already seeing a compelling array of laptops showcased by partners as CES unfolds.
Kicking things off with the RTX 5090 laptop GPU, Nvidia has packed this beast with 10,496 CUDA cores for 84 Streaming Multiprocessors, almost mirroring the desktop RTX 5080. Employing 3GB GDDR7 modules likely from Samsung, the RTX 5090 laptop GPU is packaged with 24GB of VRAM despite the 256-bit interface.