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Two rigs, one table. Higher numbers win in cobalt; TDP and price flip.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
AI Tops
3,352
1,406
Bandwidth GB S
1,792
896
Base Clock GHZ
2.01
2.3
Boost Clock GHZ
2.41
2.45
Cuda Cores
21,760
8,960
Memory BUS Bits
512
256
MSRP (USD)
1,999
749
Pcie GEN
5
5
Required PSU Watts
1,000
750
RT Core Tflops
318
133
RT Cores GEN
4
4
Street Price Premium PCT US
145
40
Street Price USD US Typical
4,900
1,050
TDP (W)
575
300
Tensor Cores GEN
5
5
VRAM (GB)
32
16
SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders EditionNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
AI Tops3,3521,406
Bandwidth GB S1,792896
Base Clock GHZ2.012.3
Boost Clock GHZ2.412.45
Cuda Cores21,7608,960
Memory BUS Bits512256
MSRP (USD)↓ better1,999749
Pcie GEN55
Required PSU Watts1,000750
RT Core Tflops318133
RT Cores GEN44
Street Price Premium PCT US14540
Street Price USD US Typical4,9001,050
TDP (W)↓ better575300
Tensor Cores GEN55
VRAM (GB)3216
Displayport Count3—
Displayport Version2.1b—
Founders Edition—none (partner cards only)
Founders Edition Models Rtx50 Launch—RTX 5090, RTX 5080, RTX 5070
Hdmi Count1—
Hdmi Version2.1b—
Length MM304—
Memory Speed Gbps—28
Nvdec Count2—
Nvdec GEN6—
Nvenc Count3—
Nvenc GEN9—
Slot Width2—
Status Checked2026-09-242026-09-24
Street Price Date2026-09-012026-09-01
Vram TypeGDDR7GDDR7
Width MM137—