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Rumor mill: Nvidia is reportedly working on a more affordable variant of the RTX 5090 graphics card for gamers seeking flagship-level performance without paying the premium commanded by the standard model. Tentatively named the GeForce RTX 5090 SE, the new card is expected to slot between the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090, effectively replacing the cancelled RTX 5080 Ti.
Based on Nvidia's Blackwell graphics architecture, the RTX 5090 SE will reportedly use a cut-down version of the GB202 die, the same silicon found in the standard RTX 5090. It is rumored to feature 14,080 CUDA cores, roughly 33 percent fewer than the 21,760 CUDA cores in the flagship model. The card is also tipped to include 32GB of GDDR7 memory connected via a 384-bit memory bus.
Other rumored specifications include 110 streaming multiprocessors, 110 RT cores, 440 Tensor cores, and 440 TMUs. The total graphics power is expected to be around 500W, approximately 12 percent lower than the RTX 5090's 575W rating. There is no word yet on the ROP count, although online speculation suggests it could come in at around 144.
