NVIDIA
Flagship
GeForce RTX 5090
The fastest consumer card on earth, and the only one with 32GB. You pay for every gram of it.
Launch MSRP $1,999 (2025). Street prices move daily; the links open live listings. Amazon links may earn us a commission.
32GB GDDR7
Memory32GB GDDR7
MSRP$1,999
Board power575W
Released2025
Will it run your models?
VRAM meter32GB
8B5GB
14B9GB
24B14GB
32B20GB
70B40GB
Local AI fit: 32B with headroom, 70B with partial CPU offload. Rule of thumb for 4-bit quantized models; context length and other apps eat into the same memory.
Why you buy it
- 32GB VRAM, the consumer ceiling
- Fastest raster and ray tracing available
- GDDR7 bandwidth headroom for AI inference
Why you hesitate
- 575W board power needs a serious PSU and case airflow
- Street price frequently sits above the $1,999 MSRP
- Overkill for pure 1440p gaming
The editor's take
Nothing else ships 32GB of VRAM in a consumer slot, which makes this the default endgame card for local AI work: 32B-class models run comfortably where every other card taps out. As a pure gaming purchase the price is hard to defend against cards half its cost. Buy it for the memory, enjoy the frames as a side effect.
Who it's for: 4K high-refresh gamers and local AI builders who want the largest models a single consumer card can hold, with a budget north of $2,000 and a power supply to match.