During the preparation phase for the upcoming GeForce RTX 50 Series of GPUs by NVIDIA, known as "Blackwell," a power supply manufacturer accidentally revealed the power configurations for all SKUs. Seasonic offers a power supply wattage calculator that allows users to configure their systems online and receive power supply recommendations. This tool is often filled with CPU/GPU SKUs to accommodate the wide range of components available. The new GeForce RTX 50 series includes models from the RTX 5050 to the top RTX 5090 GPU.
Starting with the GeForce RTX 5050, this SKU is expected to have a 100 W TDP. The RTX 5060, its larger counterpart, increases the TDP to 170 W, which is 55 W higher than the previous generation's "Ada Lovelace" RTX 4060.
The GeForce RTX 5070, with a 220 W TDP, falls in the middle of the lineup and features a 20 W increase compared to the Ada generation. NVIDIA has prepared the higher-end GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 with TDPs of 350 W and 500 W, respectively. This marks a TDP increase of 30 W for the RTX 5080 and 50 W for the RTX 5090 compared to the Ada generation.
Interestingly, NVIDIA aims to standardize the power connection system for the entire family this time with a 16-pin 12V-2x6 connector, but with an updated PCIe 6.0 CEM specification. The rise in power requirements across the SKUs in the "Blackwell" generation is intriguing, and it will be interesting to see if the performance improvements are sufficient to offset the increased efficiency.
