NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 D
High-end Blackwell 2.0 GPU built for large Blender scenes, heavier assets, and very fast Cycles rendering.
Last updated: March 31, 2026
14,895
Among the fastest GPUs available for Blender Cycles rendering.
32 GB
Plenty of room for large scenes, dense geometry, and 4K–8K textures.
21,760
Very high core count — excels at heavy parallel rendering workloads.
Blackwell 2.0
Latest-generation design with cutting-edge efficiency and rendering throughput.
1,790 GB/s
Very high throughput — keeps up with complex shading and large texture workloads.
2407 MHz
Standard clock speed for modern GPUs.
OptiX
OptiX hardware acceleration provides the fastest Cycles rendering path.
575 W
High power draw — plan for a strong PSU and good airflow.
2025
More technical details
Core specs
- Tensor cores: 680
- RT cores: 170
- Base clock: 2017 MHz
- Process size: 5 nm
Memory specs
- Memory type: GDDR7
- Memory bus: 512-bit
Benchmark performance
This chart gives a compact estimate of how this GPU handles Blender benchmark scenes, so you can compare practical rendering speed without reading raw benchmark tables.
These timings are derived from Blender Open Data benchmark medians and should be treated as comparative estimates, not guaranteed real-project render times.
View Blender Open Data sourceIs RTX 5090 D good for Blender?
A concise editorial read on where this GPU looks strong, the tradeoffs to keep in mind, and who it suits best.
What stands out
- Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- 32 GB GDDR7 memory
- 5 nm process size
- Enhanced rendering speeds with 21760 CUDA cores
- Massive memory bandwidth of 1790 GB/s
- Advanced ray tracing capabilities with 170 RT cores
Tradeoffs to know
- Potentially high cost due to advanced features
- Availability might be limited at launch
Who should choose it
- Future-proof your rendering with 32 GB of VRAM
- Experience unprecedented rendering speeds
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