Laptops built on the new Nvidia RTX 50 graphics cards are on the way, even though they were not shown at CES. Retailers, however, have already begun publishing official specifications.
Listings at Best Buy confirm that gaming laptop makers have paired RTX 50 GPUs with the latest high-end CPUs from Intel and AMD. Shoppers can now sign up for notifications on nine RTX 50 gaming laptops, priced from $1,900 to $4,200.
Shipping dates are still unknown, as every model, including eight Asus ROG laptops and one HP Omen, is listed as "Coming Soon." The specs do reveal the CPU and memory configurations of these machines, though.
The cheapest model, at $1,900, is the 16-inch Asus ROG Strix from the Asus ROG & TUF lineup. It comes with a GeForce RTX 5070 Ti graphics card, 16GB of RAM, and a 1200p display with a 165Hz refresh rate. Notably, it is the only AMD laptop on the list that does not use a Strix Point CPU. Instead it has the Ryzen 9 8940HX, offering a first look at AMD's new Dragon Range family.
The only laptop using the RTX 5070 costs slightly more, at $2,000. Despite having the weakest 50-series GPU announced, the ROG Zephyrus 16 has a 240Hz 1600p OLED display and an Intel Core Ultra 9 285H processor. Of note, this is also an RTX 5070 version with only 8GB of GDDR7 VRAM.
At the top of the price range, the two laptops with an RTX 5090 graphics card carry the highest price tags. Both have a 240Hz 1600p display, 32GB of RAM, and 24GB of VRAM. The cheaper one, at $4,000, is another ROG Zephyrus 16 configuration, with an OLED display and a Core Ultra 9 285H CPU. The ROG Strix SCAR, priced at $4,100, steps up to an 18-inch Mini-LED display and uses a Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU.
For buyers who put portability first, the 14-inch ROG Zephyrus line offers two powerful GPU options: the RTX 5080 and the RTX 5070 Ti. Both versions have a 120Hz 1800p OLED display, 32GB of RAM, and a Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 processor. The RTX 5070 Ti version, with 12GB of VRAM and 1TB of storage, is priced at $2,200, while the RTX 5080 model, with 16GB of VRAM and 2TB of storage, sells for $3,000.
In addition, Nvidia has published power and CUDA core counts for its four top mobile GPUs. The RTX 5090 has 10,496 CUDA cores and draws 95W to 150W, while the RTX 5080 drops to 7,680 CUDA cores with a draw of 80W to 150W. The RTX 5070 Ti has 5,888 CUDA cores and draws 60W to 115W, while the RTX 5070 packs 4,608 CUDA cores and draws 50W to 100W.
Notably, South Korean retailer Coupang has leaked details of the RTX 5050, confirming it is an entry-level GPU with 8GB of GDDR6 VRAM. That means the RTX 5050 may be the only graphics card in the RTX 50 series without GDDR7 memory.
For now, the official launch date of the new generation of laptops using Nvidia RTX 50 GPUs has not been announced. Reviews of the desktop RTX 5090 are expected on January 24, while the desktop RTX 5080 arrives on January 30. The RTX 5070 and RTX 5070 Ti are expected to launch in February, while Nvidia has yet to share anything about desktop or laptop versions of the RTX 5060.
Source: Techspot
